high-handedness
Noun
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is a type of: pride, superbia - unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)subtypes:
- condescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness - the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
- contemptuousness - the manifestation of scorn and contempt
- hubris - overbearing pride or presumption
- domineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness - the trait of being imperious and overbearing
- superiority - displaying a sense of being better than others
- snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism - the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
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