disdainfulness

noun

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as in arrogance

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  1. arrogance
  2. snobbishness
  3. imperiousness
  4. superciliousness
  5. haughtiness
  6. self-assertion
  7. hubris
  8. self-righteousness
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  • The combination of arrogance and doctored intelligence that led the United States and its allies into the 2003 Iraq War is almost made for Hollywood.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
  • This psychological phenomenon explains why initial impressions can be so strong, leading managers to react differently to similar employees, seeing confidence in one and arrogance in another.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of snobbishness
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  • The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of imperiousness
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  • However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.
    — Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of superciliousness
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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
Definition of haughtiness
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  • And yet, the collateral damage that self-assertion can cause is also considered — women are not forgotten in the picture.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026
  • What these markets share is a lower tolerance for self-assertion without validation.
    — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of self-assertion
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  • The poem draws on Greek mythology to weave a morality tale exploring themes of hospitality, hubris, loyalty, temptation, and free will.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
  • Stage 1, hubris born of success, begins when leaders lose sight of — or in some cases, never correctly understood — why the flywheel worked.
    — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of hubris
Noun
  • Although humanity’s salvation may appear to come in fits and starts, God’s healing influence always penetrates and gets through callous self-righteousness and indifference.
    — Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
  • But Flynn also oozes sniveling self-righteousness while hotly defending and petitioning for childhood innocence (amusing hints emerge that the daughter is a somewhat lazy and dim underachiever).
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of self-righteousness
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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