arrogation
Seizing without right
Arrogation is the act of claiming something—usually power, authority, or rights—without justification.
The word implies seizing what isn't rightfully yours: the president's arrogation of wartime powers, his arrogation of credit for others' work.
It carries a tone of presumption or overreach, suggesting the claim lacks legitimacy.
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
confiscation · commandeering · encroachment · preemption · dispossession · requisition · capture · grab
Assumed right to benefits
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
- rightMorally proper or entitled
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
assertion · assumption · pretense · demand · unilateralism · overstepping · encroachment · infringement
Brazen, reckless daring
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- overreachExceed one's capacity
- presumptuousnessExcessive forwardness or boldness
chutzpah · brazenness · impudence · insolence · temerity · overconfidence · pretension · self-importance
Energy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominionAuthority to rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
command · governance · supremacy · hegemony · ascendancy · tyranny · autocracy · despotism
appropriation
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
annexation · confiscation · commandeering · encroachment · preemption · dispossession · requisition · capture · grab · impoundment
entitlement
Assumed right to benefits
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
- rightMorally proper or entitled
birthright · assertion · assumption · pretense · demand · unilateralism · overstepping · encroachment · infringement · trespass
audacity
Brazen, reckless daring
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- overreachExceed one's capacity
presumptuousness · chutzpah · brazenness · impudence · insolence · temerity · overconfidence · pretension · self-importance · conceit
power
Energy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominionAuthority to rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
sovereignty · command · governance · supremacy · hegemony · ascendancy · tyranny · autocracy · despotism · dictatorship
- Roman LawRoman law, Corpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code, Twelve Tables, Digest
arrogationrelinquishment
Formal giving up
renunciation · abandonment · surrender · abdication · cession
arrogationinheritance
Property received from ancestors
bestowal · conferral · investiture · granting · entitlement
arrogationhumility
Freedom from arrogance
deference · modesty · self-effacement · diffidence · unpretentiousness