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haughtiness

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Haughtiness \Haugh"ti*ness\, n. [For hauteinness. See
   {Haughty}.]
   The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

   Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness;
        loftiness.

   Usage: {Haughtiness}, {Arrogance}, {Disdain}. Haughtiness
          denotes the expression of conscious and proud
          superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for
          one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to
          the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of
          condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and
          desires others to feel how far below ourselves we
          consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and
          demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and
          deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference
          which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.

Source : WordNet®

haughtiness
     n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
         inferiors [syn: {arrogance}, {hauteur}, {highhandedness},
          {lordliness}]
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