high-handedness

Definitions of high-handedness

1. noun

   overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
   synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, lordliness

   types:

   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, exclusivity

   tendency to associate with only a select group

   type of:

   pride, superbia

   unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)