hauteur
hau·teur (h
-tûr
, -t
r)
n.
Haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance.
[French, from Old French, from haut, high; see haughty.]
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hauteur – overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiorscondescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness – the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferiorcontemptuousness – the manifestation of scorn and contempt; “every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return”hubris – overbearing pride or presumptiondomineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness – the trait of being imperious and overbearingsuperiority – displaying a sense of being better than others; “he hated the white man’s superiority and condescension”snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism – the trait of condescending to those of lower social status |
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