HIGH-HANDEDNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Synonyms:

arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("high-handedness" is a kind of...):

pride; superbia (unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high-handedness"):

condescension; disdainfulness; superciliousness (the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior)

contemptuousness (the manifestation of scorn and contempt)

hubris (overbearing pride or presumption)

domineeringness; imperiousness; overbearingness (the trait of being imperious and overbearing)

superiority (displaying a sense of being better than others)

snobbery; snobbishness; snobbism (the trait of condescending to those of lower social status)

Derivation:

high-handed (given to haughty disregard of others)