entitled
/ɪnˈtaɪtl̩d/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.
verb
simple past and past participle of entitle
Example Sentences
- "Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'."
- "As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president."
- "If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation."
- "He feels entitled to other people's respect."
- "THE STRAIN OF DEALING WITH ENTITLED PEOPLE. Dealing with people who are generally convinced that life (and, in particular, the clinician) owes them something can be very wearisome work — particularly if on some level (usually unconscious) the clinician believes it is appropriate (and necessary for a feeling of competence and self-worth) to satisfy this special need. […] Entitled people can be even more difficult when they have the resources in the form of prestige, power, and/or wealth to transcend the usual bonds of social reality, or when they have the bitterness and tenacity to use legal action in the face of real or imagined failings on the part of the clinician."
- "People feel entitled to their entitlement, and frequently feel defensive when it is challenged. As a mechanism of defense, entitlement may be protectively maintained, denied, or disowned, and also projected to make the leader feel entitled."