As nouns the difference between arrogance and selfishness
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 selfishness is the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
arrogance
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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selfishness
English
Noun
(
wikipedia selfishness)
the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others
Antonyms
* selflessness