Altanería in english

Altanería

pronunciation: ɔltənɜrə part of speech: none
In gestures

altanería = arrogance ; haughtiness ; superciliousness ; condescension. 

Example: That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.Example: Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.Example: Whatever it is, humans are filled with superciliousness.Example: The inherent condescension of this passage will probably cause much grinding of the teeth of the county library staff members present at the meeting.

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» con altaneríasuperciliouslyhaughtilycondescendinglypatronisingly [patronizingly, -USA] .

Example: Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.

Example: The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.

Example: Watching these white male lawyers talk down so condescendingly to is painful.

Example: It was a while before it dawned on me that I was myself a migrant, displaying all the characteristics I so patronisingly observed in others.
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