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Noun: hauteur  ho'tur or ow'tur
  1. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
    "The manager's hauteur alienated many of her employees";
    - arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordliness

Derived forms: hauteurs

Type of: pride, superbia