arrogance
/ˈarəɡ(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being arrogant: the arrogance of this man is astounding...
- The audacity and arrogance of that move has not been lost on the people of New Zealand.
- Gone is the shameless arrogance and empire building of the previous incumbents.
- The official media has stressed the culpability of the American side and the arrogance of its leaders.
Synonyms
haughtiness, conceit, hubris, self-importance, egotism, sense of superiority;
pomposity, high-handedness, swagger, boasting, bumptiousness, bluster, condescension, disdain, contempt, imperiousness;
pride, vanity, immodesty;
loftiness, lordliness, snobbishness, snobbery, superciliousness, smugness;
pretension, pretentiousness, affectation;
scorn, mocking, sneering, scoffing;
presumption, insolence
informal uppitiness, big-headedness