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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 overbearingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERBEARINGNESS (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 ("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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