arrogance Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; haughtiness; hauteur; lordliness.

F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See Arrogant.

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.