arrogance of power

collocation in English

meaningsofarroganceandpower

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arrogance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈær.ə.ɡəns/us
/ˈer.ə.ɡəns/
the quality of being unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofarroganceandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is about thearroganceofpower.
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That is the truearroganceofpower.
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Is this not thearroganceofpower?
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This is a brazen expression of thearroganceofpower!
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The whole policy of sanctions reveals thearroganceofpower.
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Thearroganceofpowerprobably has no limits.
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That brings me back to thearroganceofpower.
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If it chooses to do so, it can deploy thearroganceofpower.
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Thisarroganceofpoweris now assuming extraordinary proportions in the health service.
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This is not modernisation; it isarroganceofpowerof the most unattractive kind.
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I have seen thearroganceofpowerat very close quarters.
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Their obsession is a disease that comes with thearroganceofpower.
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That is an example of what is happening as a result of thisarroganceofpower.
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It has only taken a few years for that lot to succumb to thearroganceofpower.
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It is not thearroganceofpower; it is the responsibility of power of a governing party.
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That is what we now have; there is anarroganceofpowerwhich defies and beggars adequate description.
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What is so vital about the rule of law is that it is a means of controlling thearroganceofpower.
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Thearroganceofpoweris not confined to any century, to any country, to any party, to any type of person exercising power.
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This is because all empires collapse when they pursue thearroganceofpower.
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But somewhere down the line, thearroganceofpowerled them to adopt narrow, sectarian politics and that is their undoing now.
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This is a brazen expression of thearroganceofpower!
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If it chooses to do so, it can deploy thearroganceofpower.
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Thisarroganceofpoweris now assuming extraordinary proportions in the health service.
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It has only taken a few years for that lot to succumb to thearroganceofpower.
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It is not thearroganceofpower; it is the responsibility of power of a governing party.
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What is so vital about the rule of law is that it is a means of controlling thearroganceofpower.
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Thearroganceofpoweris not confined to any century, to any country, to any party, to any type of person exercising power.
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The whole policy of sanctions reveals thearroganceofpower.
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Thearroganceofpowerprobably has no limits.
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That brings me back to thearroganceofpower.
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This is not modernisation; it isarroganceofpowerof the most unattractive kind.
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I have seen thearroganceofpowerat very close quarters.
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Their obsession is a disease that comes with thearroganceofpower.
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That is what we now have; there is anarroganceofpowerwhich defies and beggars adequate description.
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That is an example of what is happening as a result of thisarroganceofpower.
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It is about thearroganceofpower.
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That is the truearroganceofpower.
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Is this not thearroganceofpower?
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This is because all empires collapse when they pursue thearroganceofpower.
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But somewhere down the line, thearroganceofpowerled them to adopt narrow, sectarian politics and that is their undoing now.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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