haughtiness
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He began as a William Morris socialist but quickly became suspicious of any sweeping social panacea, to the point of intellectual haughtiness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Nick went to Princeton and graduated with all of the Ivy League haughtiness, if not the GPA or success, associated with such a diploma.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
However, Bonne Maman doesn't come with the haughtiness that is sometimes associated with French fine dining; it's literally marketed as the kind of food that would be made by a grandmother in a French farmhouse.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2023
He’s also learned how to deploy — and puncture — Thor’s inborn pomposity, although by the time the final credits rolled in “Ragnarok” that haughtiness had turned into shtick.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022
She knew her sister's character, the haughtiness of her spirit, and she was frightened by the virulence of her anger.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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