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Meaning of "high-handedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-HANDEDNESS

high-handedness  [ˌhaɪˈhændɪdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-HANDEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Handedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIGH-HANDEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-handedness in the English dictionary

The definition of high-handedness in the dictionary is the quality or condition of being high-handed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH-HANDEDNESS


backhandedness
ˌbækˈhændɪdnəs
bloody-mindedness
ˌblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
broad-mindedness
ˌbrɔːdˈmaɪndɪdnəs
fair-mindedness
ˌfɛəˈmaɪndɪdnəs
feeble-mindedness
ˌfiːbəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
forehandedness
ˌfɔːˈhændɪdnəs
heavy-handedness
ˌhevɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-mindedness
ˌhaɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs
left-handedness
ˌlɛftˈhændɪdnəs
like-mindedness
ˌlaɪkˈmaɪndɪdnəs
open-handedness
ˌəʊpənˈhændɪdnəs
right-handedness
ˌraɪtˈhændɪdnəs
roundedness
ˈraʊndɪdnəs
simple-mindedness
ˌsɪmpəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
splendidness
ˈsplɛndɪdnəs
strandedness
ˈstrændɪdnəs
unboundedness
ʌnˈbaʊndɪdnəs
underhandedness
ˌʌndəˈhændɪdnəs
weak-mindedness
ˌwiːkˈmaɪndɪdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-HANDEDNESS

high-flier
high-flown
high-flyer
high-flying
high-flying tippler
high-frequency
high-grade
high-grade mineral
high-handed
high-handedly
high-hat
high-hatted
high-hatting
high-heeled
high-heeled shoes
high-impact
high-income
high-interest
high-jump
high-key

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-HANDEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of high-handedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-handedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-HANDEDNESS

Find out the translation of high-handedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-handedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-handedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

霸道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prepotencia
570 millions of speakers

English

high-handedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मनमानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

своеволие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prepotência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বেচ্ছাচারপূর্ণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´autoritarisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstherrlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

横暴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고 하는 손
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur tangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao thuận tay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் கைப்பழக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्यानंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek ellilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prepotenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despotyzmu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свавілля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mare generozitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυθαιρεσίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë -willekeur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egenmäktighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høy handedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-handedness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-HANDEDNESS»

The term «high-handedness» is normally little used and occupies the 116.750 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-HANDEDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «high-handedness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «high-handedness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-handedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-HANDEDNESS»

Discover the use of high-handedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-handedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2006
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International Journal of Afro-Asian Studies: Vol. 3, No. 1
For example, it was found that only 1,280 (36.4%) of the staff claimed that crises occurred as a result of high handedness by management. Contrary to this, 1,790 (53.4%) of the students reported that students' crises occurred as a result of high  ...
Siddhartha Sarkar
3
National Human Rights Commission of India: Formation, ...
(xi) Police high-handedness against the villagers of Mannikere, Karnataka « The Commission's attention was drawn to the allegations of high-headedness against the villagers of Mannikere, Karnataka by a letter from Shri H.K Paol, leader of ...
Arun Ray, 2003
4
England's Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century ...
Yet sadly by the summer of 1686 Newton interpreted every critical point which Hooke had raised in their correspondence of six years previous as an example of 'Magisterial' high-handedness, while every serious thing which Hooke had said ...
Allan Chapman, 2004
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Schools of Linguistics
Saussure's argument that the value of a linguistic element depends on the elements with which it contrasts forces one to consider paradigmatic relationships: the word high-handedness contrasts with arrogance only because one word can ...
Geoffrey Sampson, 1980
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Anti-Americanism
This prepotencia — a word that conveys so much more than arrogance and that conveys high-handedness and abuse of power — was mentioned by all of my respondents and can be found in the historical record going as far back as Bolivar.
Andrew Ross, Kristin Ross, 2004
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Far-flung Lines: Studies in Imperial Defence in Honour of ...
high-handedness. had. tilted. the. balance. of. overseas. opinion. some. distance. away. from. the. ideal. of. the. broad. imperialism. thought. to. be. achievable. in. 1909,. towards the separatism and self-reliance in naval and imperial affairs ...
Greg Kennedy, Keith Neilson, 2013
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Al-Shura: The Qur’anic Principle of Consultation
3– Preventing high-handedness and tyranny Consultation is the opposite ofhigh- handedness or authoritarianism; if consultation is present, authoritarianism will disappear, and if consultation is absent, authoritarianism will appear.
Aḥmad Raysūnī, 2011
9
Jonathan Swift: The Irish Identity
This book traces Swift's fluctuating reception in Ireland through the centuries, finding in Swift's ambivalence about his homeland - which he could not love even as he defended its cause - echoes and anticipations of the ambiguities that ...
Robert Mahony, 1995
10
The Random House Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... deteetatlon, maievolence 14 revengefuiness vtndictiveness haughtlneae 4 airs 5 pride 7 concert, hauteur 8 snobbery 9 arrogance 10 shootiness 13 condescenslon 14 disdainhriness. high-handedness 18 superciliousness haughty 5 aloof 8 ...
Random House, Stephen Elliott, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-HANDEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-handedness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Judiciary Reaffirms Sanctity of Sports is Paramount - The New …
There are charges of mismanagement, high-handedness, nepotism and inaction. The IPL itself is replete with unsavoury incidents since ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Protesters lay siege to substation in Ghaziabad - The Times of India
... substation in Sector 16 of Vasundhara on Wednesday, alleging Ghaziabad power corporation officials of high-handedness and corruption. «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Mining Institute Staff Accuse Director of Promoting Ilegality …
... Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, Kogi state and called on relevant ministries to check the director's high-handedness in the Institute. «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
4
Bayelsa 2015: Challenges in Dickson's re-election bid - The Sun
The statement which denied the allegations of high-handedness accused the members of BPCA of constituting a clog in the wheel of ... «Daily Sun, Jul 15»
5
What it means to be a politician | Dhaka Tribune
They don't believe that a politician -- from whichever camp -- could be beyond corruption or high-handedness. One look at the average citizen's ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»
6
BMC to bring back clean-up marshals in a new avatar - Mumbai Mirror
Several corporators cited high-handedness and corruption among marshals as reasons behind their decision to discontinue with the scheme, ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
7
AAP Members Held for 'Congregating' - The New Indian Express
“The police action is not just illegal, but also raise questions on whether such high-handedness has been prompted following pressure from ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
The undercurrents of anti-corruption fight | TheCable
... etc; obstacles in the power sector reforms; unnecessarily high cost of governance; bloated salary burdens in civil service; high-handedness ... «TheCable, Jul 15»
9
Upen and Karishma - UPMA going to tie knot in 2016
Allegedly accused of resorting to unfair means for acing compatibility tasks, both Upen and Karishma's high-handedness had apparently ... «FitnHit.com, Jul 15»
10
Yairipok local call indefinite general strike, boycott MLA
They have also decided to boycott the MLA of Wangkhem A/C for refusing to entertain their complaint against police high-handedness. «The Sangai Express, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. High-Handedness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/high-handedness>. Apr 2024 ».
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