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# arrogance

noun (arrogance; uncountable)

«arrogance» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Behaving as if you are more important, cleverer or better than other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#m1)
2. Too much pride that makes someone rude or not willing to listen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories about proud characters who look down on others and often learn a lesson. In ethics and religious lessons, arrogance is seen as a fault, the opposite of humility. Phrases: full of arrogance, the arrogance of, sheer arrogance.

### Examples

- The hare's arrogance made him lose the race to the tortoise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x1)
- His arrogance made it hard for others to like him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x2)
- She spoke with arrogance, as if nobody else knew anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x3)
- The king's arrogance led to his downfall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x4)
- Being confident is good, but arrogance is not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x5)
- It was pure arrogance to think he couldn't lose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x6)
- Many stories teach that arrogance comes before a fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Adjective: arrogant; adverb: arrogantly. Opposite: humility, modesty. Not the same as confidence: confidence is believing in yourself, arrogance is thinking you are better than others. Spelled with double r.

## In Jewish tradition

Pride that looks down on others and on God. In Job, Elihu asks whether God truly knows the arrogance of people.

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that God hates pride and sees it even when it is hidden. Humility is held up as a basic Jewish virtue.

### Examples

- And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance? (Writings JOB.35.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arrogance/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable. Adjective: arrogant; adverb: arrogantly. Opposite: humility, modesty. Not the same as confidence: confidence is believing in yourself, arrogance is thinking you are better than others. Spelled with double r.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arrogance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arrogance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arrogance.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «arrogance» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arrogance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arrogance» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/arrogance.html) on Mova free.