Arrogance of power
presumption on the part of a nation that its power gives it the right to intervene in the affairs of less powerful nations.
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- Arrogantly
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly -ssuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official. characterized by or proceeding from , or a sense of superiority, self-importance, or ent-tlement: arrogant claims. contemporary examples the rejectionist absolutism of morris and others is simplistic, a-historical, full of inaccuracies and arrogantly one-sided. a second response to […]
- Arrogation
to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; -ssume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions. to attribute or -ssign to another; ascribe. historical examples he ridicules the arrogation to itself by the ‘compact’ of a monopoly of loyalty. the tribune of nova scotia w. l. (william lawson) grant this arrogation of […]
- Arrondissement
the largest administrative division of a french department, comprising a number of cantons. an administrative district of certain large cities in france. noun (in france) the largest administrative subdivision of a department a munic-p-l district of certain cities, esp paris n. 1807, “administrative subdivision of a french department,” from french, literally “a rounding,” from stem […]
- Arrow arum
a north american plant, peltandra virginica, of wet areas, having large, arrow-shaped leaves and inconspicuous flowers enclosed in a narrow, pointed spathe.
- Arrowroot
a tropical american plant, maranta arundinacea, the rhizomes of which yield a nutritious starch. the starch itself. any of several other plants yielding a similar starch. the starch of these plants, used in cooking as a binder or thickener. historical examples to put the arrowroot into hot water spoils the effect which is desired. boating […]