What is Arrogance?
[[File:Atlas Typhoeus Prometheus.png|thumb|Black-figure pottery (550 BC) depicting Prometheus serving his sentence, tied to a column.]] '''Arrogance''' (also called '''hubris''') indicates strong [[pride]] or acting extremely self-important. In particular, a loss of contact with [[reality]] and overestimating one's own competence or capability.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arrogance|publisher=Merriam-Webster's Dictionary|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrogance|access-date=January 9, 2014}}</ref> Arrogance is also associated with lack of humility and love toward oneself. Examples include making oneself far more important than others or superiority. [[Child]]ren raised around arrogance may be arrogant themselves.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arrogance Defined|publisher=Human Solutions|url=http://www.wilsonbanwell.com/articles/general_interest/about_arrogance.htm|access-date=January 9, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123204/http://www.wilsonbanwell.com/articles/general_interest/about_arrogance.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Arrogance is usually detrimental and fosters a negative-minded [[culture]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Arrogance and its Negative Effects|publisher=Matrix of Mnemosyne|url=http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/arrogance.htm|access-date=January 9, 2014|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902121402/http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/arrogance.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some sources, however, also indicate arrogance means taking and receiving pride with one's work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Arrogance Can be Good|publisher=Lifescript (Healthy Living for Women)|url=http://www.lifescript.com/soul/self/growth/personality_traits_why_arrogance_intolerance_and_selfishness_can_be_good.aspx|access-date=January 9, 2014|archive-date=December 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222154423/http://www.lifescript.com/soul/self/growth/personality_traits_why_arrogance_intolerance_and_selfishness_can_be_good.aspx|url-status=dead}}<