arrogance

English

Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Alternative forms

• arrogaunce

Etymology

Old French, from Latin arrogantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæɹə.gəns/

Noun

arrogance (usually uncountable; plural arrogances)

1. The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:arrogance.

Related terms

• arrogancy
• arrogant
• arrogate
• arrogation

Translations

act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner

• Albanian: arrogancë (sq)
• Aramaic: ܫܘܩܠܐ (šûqālâ) f
• Bulgarian: високомерие (bg) (visokomerie), надменност (bg) (nadmennost), арогантност (bg) (arogantnost)
• Catalan: arrogància (ca) f
• Czech: domýšlivost (cs) f, arogance (cs) f
• Danish: arrogance (da) c
• Dutch: arrogantie f, aanmatiging f
• Faroese: hugmóð (fo) f and n, stórlæti (fo) n, arrogansa (fo) f
• Finnish: ylimielisyys, pöyhkeys, koppavuus, röyhkeys
• German: Arroganz (de) f
• Greek: αλαζονεία (el) (alazoneía), υπεροψία (el) (yperopsía)
• Hebrew: יהירות (he) (yehirút) f, עתק (he) (a`tak) m rhet.
• Hindi: अभिमान (hi) (abhimān) m
• Italian: arroganza (it) f

• Latvian: augstprātība (lv) f, augstprātīgums (lv) m, uzpūtība (lv) f, uzpūtīgums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: arogancija, išdidumas, pasipūtimas, akiplėšiškumas (lt) f
• Malayalam: അഹങ്കാരം (ahangkaaram)
• Polish: arogancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: arrogância (pt) f
• Romanian: trufie (ro), mândrie (ro), aroganță (ro) f
• Russian: заносчивость (ru) (zanoš'ivost') f, высокомерие (ru) (vysokom'érije) n, надменность (ru) (nadm'énnost') f, спесь (ru) (sp'es') f, гордыня (ru) (gordýn'a) f
• Scottish Gaelic: uaill f, àrdan m, ladarnas m, dànadas m, sodal m
• Serbo-Croatian: arogàncija (sh) f
• Spanish: arrogancia (es) f, soberbia (es) f, altanería (es) f, altivez (es) f
• Swedish: arrogans (sv)
• Turkish: kibir (tr)

External links

• arrogance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• arrogance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Etymology

From Latin arrogantia.

Noun

arrogance f (usually uncountable)

1. Arrogance