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UPPITYNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does uppityness mean?

• UPPITYNESS (noun)
The noun UPPITYNESS has 1 sense:

1. assumption of airs beyond one's station

Familiarity information: UPPITYNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UPPITYNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Assumption of airs beyond one's station

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

uppishness; uppityness

Hypernyms ("uppityness" is a kind of...):

assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)

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