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high-handedness

DEFINITIONS OF: high-handedness

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n overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Synonyms:
arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, lordliness
Types:
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condescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness
the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
contemptuousness
the manifestation of scorn and contempt
hubris
overbearing pride or presumption
domineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness
the trait of being imperious and overbearing
superiority
displaying a sense of being better than others
snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism
the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness
tendency to associate with only a select group
Type of:
pride, superbia
unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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