01 n. The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims …
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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.“I hate not you for her proud arrogance.” — Shak.
Syn.
Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See Haughtiness.