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Whether out of arrogance, capriciousness, or collective amnesia, this recent history was ignored.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Vince is benched for his arrogance, but eventually turns his attitude around and leads East Dillon to the state championship — while Jordan's stellar performance in the compelling story arc cemented his rising-star status.—
Ken Simmons,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.—
Sharon Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Mar. 2025
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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Your challenge has everything to do with balancing your desire for self-assertion with patience.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Jupiter in Cancer amplifies emotional truth, memory, and the need for safety, while Chiron in Aries exposes wounds around identity, courage, and self-assertion.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
21 Dec. 2025
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What emerges is a portrait of Stanton not as a paragon of feminism but as a deeply peculiar person—one whose combination of vision and hubris happened to change history.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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My main issue is the hubris of it all — and the people who enabled it.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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But where the stalker remains self-deluded to the end, Jack’s self-righteousness is tinged with self-awareness.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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But Chapman later grew worried that self-righteousness and a hunger for dominance shaped the attitudes of Conservative Resurgence leaders after their movement ended.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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