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UPPITYNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assumption of airs beyond one's station
Synonyms:
uppishness; uppityness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uppityness" is a kind of...):
assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)
Derivation:
uppity (presumptuously arrogant)
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