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    HIGH-HANDEDNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiorsplay

    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)

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