superciliousness.

An attitude of superiority expressed through dismissive or contemptuous treatment of others.

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Words that belong together

• an air of superciliousness
• aristocratic superciliousness
• concealed superciliousness

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The superciliousness of his welcome lay in the questions he did not bother to finish.

She answered the examiner’s superciliousness with scrupulous politeness.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.