arrogant attitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofarrogantandattitude
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arrogant
adjective
uk/ˈær.ə.ɡənt/us/ˈer.ə.ɡənt/
unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, ...
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attitude
noun
uk/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofarrogantandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As a result of the somewhat high-handed andarrogantattitudeof those responsible, a local action committee was formed.
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And we have to admit that thisarrogantattitudeis paying off since world protest is loud but nothing is done.
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If thatarrogantattitudepersists then, in only a short space of time, this war will be followed by another.
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I am not advocating that this country should take a dictatorial orarrogantattitude.
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That is an appallinglyarrogantattitudeto the home, which is the womb of the family.
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Many people must feel that this is anarrogantattitudefor parliamentarians to take.
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We should not take up a ratherarrogantattitudeabout the whole matter.
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In my view that would be a thoroughly complacent andarrogantattitudeto take.
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There is sometimes anarrogantattitude, a lack of sympathy—even at that stage—and a failure to take responsibility.
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Does he accept that public confidence is dependent upon the scientists not adopting thearrogantattitudethat they have in the past?
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Is this self-deception or is this anarrogantattitudeof mind?
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This is what we have to face up to, and we must shed ourselves of our almostarrogantattitude.
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I would like to finish by saying that we can no longer tolerate thearrogantattitudethe pharmaceutical industry adopted last year in relation to certain countries.
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We should not take a paternalistic orarrogantattitudeto matters in this debate just because we have been elected and have two letters after our names.
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We frequently adopt thearrogantattitudethat religious discrimination is something which occurs elsewhere and that we are completely immune from any criticism on those grounds.
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They strike anarrogantattitude.
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That is anarrogantattitude.
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That is an intolerablyarrogantattitude.
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He was uncaring with his colleagues due to hisarrogantattitudeand constant desire for promotion.
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