RedAsh's Blog

Arrogance:

The best way I identify an arrogant person is how that person makes me feel about myself. An arrogant person makes me feel foolish about myself for asking a legitimate question. Most of the arrogant people I have met were teachers of one sort or another who would resort to intimidation when they were tired and didn't feel like teaching. Arrogance may be a demonstration of personal insecurity, but it comes across sometimes as the ability to make the other guy feel like an idiot for asking what is usually a perfectly legitimate question. I am sure there are many other types of arrogant people, like dentists and politicians, especially when they are either greedy or just outright wrong. An arrogant person can often take his own insecurities and project them onto you so you feel bad about who you are. You usually can feel "This guy has the wrong attitude - he is arrogant." But what it is often is that he is not secure in either who he is or what he knows, and the person he tries to put on the receiving end of this is you.

The dynamic of being on the receiving end of an arrogant person is you have to take some time off later and work on yourself to get your self-esteem back where it should be. Arrogant people leave a bad feeling in your brain. I have gotten pretty good spotting arrogance. You can side-step it by only asking your questions of people who are pleased to see you. I hope this sheds some light on how I view arrogant people, at least. Some arrogant people are only jealous of how intelligent YOU are. Best to you always from Chris, in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A. (I am 63 years old and have had a lot of practice in staying free from people who show an offensive sense of superiority.)

Definition(s)
1) Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
2) Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others: an arrogant contempt for the weak.
3) Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance: 4) haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior. Idioms: on one's high horse
5) having exaggerated self-opinion
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride Often people who are arrogant are not aware of their own behavior or don't want to recognize they are arrogant. *A person can be arrogant but not show it externally to others due to his thoughts, actions and emotions.***See Also Parris Hilton! OH Wait you didn`t say ARROGANT HO my bad hehehe...
6> one who lies to cover up his weakness; and doesnt see the truth will set him/her free.
7> The one that always thinks everyone else is trying to trick him/her and so just asking whats the date will prvide the wrong date.
8> The one who thinks he is terribly intellectually clever when he has stayed awake all night trying to think up something that is a trick question, statement etc. Who are you?
9> The person who thinks you should believe because he/she does.