IMPERIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imperiousness mean? 

• IMPERIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun IMPERIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being imperious and overbearing

  Familiarity information: IMPERIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPERIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of being imperious and overbearing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

domineeringness; imperiousness; overbearingness

Hypernyms ("imperiousness" is a kind of...):

arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)

Derivation:

imperious (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy)

 Context examples 

“Stand back! Stand right back!” said he with the sharp imperiousness which I had associated only with moments of crisis.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)