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Meaning of "overweeningness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERWEENINGNESS

ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERWEENINGNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overweeningness 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 OVERWEENINGNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hubris

Hubris in religious terms means extreme pride or self-confidence that leads to offence spoken or done towards the God, usually harshly punished after. This religious meaning is sometimes transferred to denote overall highly unacceptable, arrogant and insulting behaviour that confronts ethical norms in a way that reminds one of the act described in Ancient Tragedies. Hubris is usually perceived as a characteristic of an individual rather than a group, although the group the offender belongs to may suffer consequences from the wrongful act. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power. The adjectival form of the noun hubris is "hubristic".

Definition of overweeningness in the English dictionary

The definition of overweeningness in the dictionary is the quality of being overweening.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERWEENINGNESS

beingness · belongingness · boringness · cunningness · fawningness · fittingness · flowingness · interestingness · knowingness · lovingness · maddeningness · pressingness · shiningness · strikingness · teemingness · temptingness · trustingness · unfeelingness · unmeaningness · winningness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERWEENINGNESS

overwash · overwatch · overwater · overweak · overwear · overweary · overweather · overween · overweening · overweeningly · overweigh · overweight · overwet · overwhelm · overwhelmed · overwhelming · overwhelmingly · overwide · overwily · overwind

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERWEENINGNESS

bigness · business · graspingness · lastingness · nothingness · overbearingness · savingness · smugness · snugness · sparingness · strongness · swimmingness · thingness · thrivingness · trigness · unerringness · unforgivingness · unwillingness · unyieldingness · willingness · wrongness

Synonyms and antonyms of overweeningness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERWEENINGNESS»

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Publications
To surguedrie in passions] i. e. to insolence in passions : properly “ surquedry” ( an unusual word in prose, but often used in verse, especially by Spenser) means overweeningness, from sur and cuider, Fr., to think; so that it etymologically ...
‎1853
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The London Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
... whenever these may be deemed instructive and useful. the same time that he is aware of the overweeningness so apt to beset alccturer in favour of his own particular views, Dr. W. will strive to uard against this weakness; and by impartial y ...
‎1834
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ...
It is bad enough to be forced to interpret wisdom of any kind ; but to talk after such transparent lessons as those, is overweeningness horrible. The little boys will find nothing of the sort to frighten them in this book ; and they need not look at the  ...
Leigh Hunt, 1852
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Pennsylvania Archives
Heat is no where commendable, but in Government dangerous ; so emulation & too much positiveness, or an overweeningness in opinion, next to Religious duty, Selfe denial in the Administration of a Government is both requisite & Laudable.
‎1852
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Chambers concise dictionary
2 said of pride: inflated and excessive. [14c: from Anglo- Saxon wenan to WEEN] □ overweeningly adv. >overweeningness n overweight >adj above the desired, required or usual weight. > n 1 extra weight; weight beyond what is required or ...
Ian Brookes, 2004
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Locke: A Biography
... my fellow-subject'', he expressed just the sort of worry which had been so prominent in the ''Tracts'': ''unless'', he said, ''it be that I will, out of pride or overweeningness of my own opinion and a secret conceit of my own infallibility,... force and ...
Roger Woolhouse, 2007
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NPNF1-13. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on Galatians, ...
fountain, whence these and all other evils spring, that is, overweeningness. He that is seized with this passion is careless even of his own interests. For when a man overlooks the concerns of his neighbor, and is careless of them, how should  ...
Philip Schaff
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Homilies on 2nd Timothy
... from the events that happen in them, caused by men. Immediately he sets down the root and fountain, whence these and all other evils spring, that is, overweeningness. He that is seized with this passion is careless even of his own interests.
St. John Chrysostom
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After-Dinner Conversation: The Diary of a Decadent
Silva uses the image as one of sacrilege, overweeningness, and ill omen. 56. The term is French; in Spanish, arrastrar cueros (lit. “hauling hides,” a reference to novices in the leather trade). Orjuela (José Asunción Silva: Obra Completa, ...
José Asunción Silva, 2010
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The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to 1860
Through close examination of one of Russwurm's last editorials in Freedom' s Journal, there is also a hint of overweeningness — an unmistakable arrogance in his writing and an obvious disappointment in the lack of progress of his brethren  ...
Frankie Hutton, 1993
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