Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Highhanded, arbitrary, and unreasonable conduct or treatment.
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- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
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Examples
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He says the CPM suffered because of its high-handedness, corruption and ignoring the opposition.
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A police crackdown on a demonstration last week that left over 100 protesters injured has added to public anger at the authorities 'perceived high-handedness.
Stuttgart Rails Against Station Revamp Andrea Thomas 2010
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The changes would still leave plenty of room for “energy in the executive” but would afford far less opportunity for high-handedness, secrecy, and simple rigidity.
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He says the CPM suffered because of its high-handedness, corruption and ignoring the opposition.
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Democratic Senators will consider the high-handedness further evidence that Miguel Estrada is uppity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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The changes would still leave plenty of room for “energy in the executive” but would afford far less opportunity for high-handedness, secrecy, and simple rigidity.
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Grassroots outrage against perceived high-handedness and corruption helped topple governments in New Delhi in 1977 and 1989, and the rise of the Hindu-nationalist BJP to power in the 1990s was fueled as much by its then perceived probity as by passions released by its campaign to build a temple on the site of a disputed 16th century mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya.
Delhi's Year of Drama and Stasis Sadanand Dhume 2011
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They also played dirty tricks to get men into the service and thereby contributed to growing colonial resentment against British high-handedness.12
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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They also played dirty tricks to get men into the service and thereby contributed to growing colonial resentment against British high-handedness.12
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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But in one recent instance, the high-handedness came with a price:
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