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entitledness

entitledness noun: the quality of feeling entitled, convinced of one's own deservingness or superiority, and of shifting blame and responsibility to others; demandingness; pretense.

Noun

entitledness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of feeling entitled, convinced of one's own deservingness or superiority, and of shifting blame and responsibility to others; demandingness; pretense.
    • Particularly striking is the fact that almost all (97 X) Labor fund P.C.P.s blame the system for creating a sense of entitledness — a trend evidently conforming with the Labor fund members' greater likelihood to attribute the responsibility for their health to the fund and the physician (cf....1988, Zeev Ben-Sira, Politics and primary medical care: dehumanization and overutilization, Gower Pub Co
    • “Shut up,” she said. “Just shut up, Victor. We're all going through a hard time, and I'm getting a little damned tired of your entitledness. If Monsieur de Saint—Pierre says that Albert wrote it, then I am prepared to accept that. I suggest that you either do the same, or leave.”2000, Jeannette Angell, The Illusionist, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 307

Examples of entitledness in a sentence

  • He went on eating, and I couldn't help, in the midst of the discomfort I knew I should be feeling—and did feel, though only a little—a faint amusement at his entitledness.2007, Anthony Giardina, White Guys: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN:
  • All the boys seemed to be working hard to affect the louche attitude, the “Under My Thumb” air of sexual entitledness, the thatchy, unkempt hair of a young Mick Jagger.2012, Anthony Giardina, Norumbega Park: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN:
  • At times, there was a hostile entitledness about him.2013, Susan Miller, Shame in Context, Routledge, →ISBN, page 113:

Origin of entitledness

From entitled + -ness.

Questions about entitledness

What does entitledness mean?
Entitledness means the quality of feeling entitled, convinced of one's own deservingness or superiority, and of shifting blame and responsibility to others; demandingness; pretense.
How do you use entitledness in a sentence?
He went on eating, and I couldn't help, in the midst of the discomfort I knew I should be feeling—and did feel, though only a little—a faint amusement at his entitledness.
What part of speech is entitledness?
Entitledness is a noun.

Words near entitledness in the dictionary

  1. entitized
  2. entitizes
  3. entitizing
  4. entitle
  5. entitled
  6. entitledness
  7. entitlee
  8. entitlees
  9. entitlement
  10. entitlements
  11. entitles

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