2. Competitive Arrogance

The second, which the study termed comparative arrogance, refers to someone who has an inflated ranking of their abilities, traits or accomplishments compared to the people around them.

Essentially, this is the kind of arrogance people display when they think they are better than the people they interact with.

3. Antagonistic Arrogance

Finally, the psychologists identified a third form of arrogance called antagonistic arrogance, which is probably the most aggressive type. Defined as “the denigration of others based on an assumption of superiority”, antagonistic arrogance therefore occurs when people project their feelings of supremacy onto other people by making them feel bad.

Defined as “showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something,” the term ‘antagonistic’ suggests this form of arrogance is the most combative and aggressive.

There are actually three different kinds of arrogance, according to psychologists