ARROGANCE
“Arrogance” is defined as the behavior
of persons when they feel that they are
more important than other people, so they are rude to them. An arrogant person
is proud, his behavior is unpleasant, and he shows little thought for other
people.
Some synonyms of the word arrogant
are : haughty, conceited, egotistic, snobbish, overweening, overbearing,
high-handed, disdainful, imperious, lordly, presumptuous, pretentious,
swaggering, blustering, and insolent.
It is one of the deadly sins, others being ---
greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth.
Arrogance is repulsive. It shatters
relationships, inhibits personal growth, and creates poor performance in many
circles.
Arrogance is also dangerous because
it contributes to loneliness, depression, lack of direction, and dearth of
success.
One of the relevant views about
arrogance is that it impacts all facets of life. It is one of the serious
problems in the business world where it can harm one’s performance and further growth.
The causes of arrogance may be many.
One of the important ones is an inflated sense of superiority, often masked by
insecurity or a lack of self-awareness.
Lack of
empathy is another cause. It means ignorance of one’s own weaknesses and a
failure to see how their actions affect others.
The Scottish philosopher, historian
and essayist David Hume (1711-1776) said: When men are most sure and arrogant they
are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper
deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities,
According to the English bishop Richard Cumberland (1631-1718)
: Nothing is more hateful to a poor man than the purse-proud arrogance of the
rich. But let the poor man become rich and he runs at once into the vice
against which he so feelingly declaimed. There are strange contradictions in
human character.
Finally, the following quote by another
English Bishop Jeremy Collier (1650=1726):
The arrogant man does but blast the
blessings of life and swagger away his own enjoyments. To say nothing of the
folly and injustice of such behaviour, it is always the sign of a little and un-benevolent
temper, having no more greatness in it than the swelling of the dropsy.
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G. R. Kanwal
12 May 2026.
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