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OVERBEARINGNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overbearingness mean?
• OVERBEARINGNESS (noun)
The noun OVERBEARINGNESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of being imperious and overbearing
Familiarity information: OVERBEARINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being imperious and overbearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
domineeringness; imperiousness; overbearingness
Hypernyms ("overbearingness" is a kind of...):
arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)
Derivation:
overbearing (expecting unquestioning obedience)
overbearing (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy)
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