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n. - The trait of being imperious and dominating

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  • There was a certain overbearingness and - what shall I say?
  • Dennitzans didn't react to overbearingness as meekly as citizens of the inner Empire were wont to.
  • Does Barack Obama really embrace “abrasiveness, arrogance, and overbearingness” as the model for his cabinet?
  • Then he said he knew I'd already been sounding men out about getting together against the king, to withstand his overbearingness and, if need be, fight.
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