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Arrogance vs Pomposity - What's the difference?

arrogance | pomposity |

As nouns the difference between arrogance and pomposity

is that arrogance is the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption while pomposity is the quality of being pompous; self-importance.

arrogance

English

(wikipedia arrogance) (Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* arrogaunce

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

    • Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * arrogancy * arrogant * arrogate * arrogation

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    pomposity

    English

    Noun

    (pomposities)
  • The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
    • With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity .

    Synonyms

    * bombast, ostentatiousness * pompousness (less common)

    Related terms

    * pompous