单词 | overbearingness |
释义 | overbearingnessn. The quality of being overbearing. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing lording?a1425 masterdomc1475 imperiousness1582 domineering1617 dictatoring1644 overbearing1649 magisteriousness1650 magisterialness1651 high-handednessa1658 peremptoriness1699 dictation1769 overbearingnessa1797 dictatorialism1826 bashawism1839 dictatorialness1845 domineeringness1889 overmasterfulness1899 bossiness1928 overdoggery1962 a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. 358 [He was] no match for the art of the one, or the overbearingness of the other. 1824 Examiner 66/1 The overbearingness of his temper. 1860 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. (1861) 328 Filled with the scornful overbearingness of the conquering nation. 1901 A. W. Jose Australasia v. 71 The crude overbearingness of the licensing system. 1951 R. Postgate Life G. Lansbury xxi. 289 He..had a roughness of phrase, a shortness of temper and an overbearingness of manner, which he seemed at times actually to cultivate. 1992 C. Logue Kings Prol Agamemnon's overbearingness caused Achilles, his best warrior, to withdraw from the fight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1797 |
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