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by Anonymous on January 20th, 2006

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What causes a person to be arrogant?

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  • by emilyw on January 21st, 2006

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    Ironically enough, from what I've seen I think arrogance actually comes from a lack of confidence or insecurity. People like this I think have been put down a lot or have had inadequate amounts of emotional, psychological support and love necessary to make them feel good about themselves . At a certain point, when their esteem of themselves is so low it's natural for them to protect themselves emotionally from getting hurt any further by exhibiting superiority or arrogance over others. At the moment they are recognized for one of their strengths or abilities, the full blown confidence makes up for their lack of confidence in everything else. In a way, its the mind's natural self-defense mechanism.

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      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on January 21st, 2006

    • Very accurate answer

      Mrs.Dufresne

      by Mrs.Dufresne on February 22nd, 2006

    • True! Sometimes this can lead to Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Need links & refs. here, though!

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 19th, 2006

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