UPPISHNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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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 ("uppishness" is a kind of...):

assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)

Derivation:

uppish ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant)

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