entitled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈtaɪtl̩d/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(literally) Having a title.
Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'.
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Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.
If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation.
He feels entitled to other people's respect.
As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president.
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(figuratively) Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.
Thus, some men feel entitled to sex if they buy their date a nice meal or a few drinks. In decades past, more than a few women felt entitled to a marriage commitment after an exclusive dating relationship had lasted for some commonly agreed upon period of time—say, a year.
2008, Gordon Patzer, Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn, →ISBN, page 40:“Jake always acts so entitled. Like he deserves her—like I don't.” “But she's really into you, right?” Alex asked me. “Astrid?” I nodded.
2014, Emmy Laybourne, Monument 14: Savage Drift, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 16:In one research study, for example, we wanted to see if highly entitled people would actually take candy from children. […] He held up a bucket of Halloween candy that he said was supposed to go to the children in the developmental lab. Clearly, this was candy meant for children. The question was, would the entitled people take the candy? The experimenter passed it around the room and secretly counted the amount of candy that people took. As we expected, the entitled people took the most candy.
2005, W. Keith Campbell, When You Love a Man Who Loves Himself, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 20:It's not merely that students shouldn't feel entitled to high grades. Bruno goes further and discovers the double jeopardy of entitlement: Those who feel entitled are “missing out” on their own educations: […]
2012, John Mauk, John Metz, The Composition of Everyday Life, Concise Edition, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 267:Nothing irks me more than entitled people. I understand that if we don't ask for what we want, we probably won't get it, but expectations are out of whack. Certain people unjustly expect to receive special treatment and they'll whine and pout like children when disappointed.
2011, Phil Torcivia, What a Nice Guy: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.
2003, Richard M. Billow, Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 107:Look at these entitled assholes… they don't give a shit about anybody.
2015, Square Enix, Life Is Strange:We are not sure what caused the argument among the disciples; they simply viewed themselves as more important than they really were. Entitled people can rarely see their own attitudes.
2013, John Bishop, God Distorted: How Your Earthly Father Affects Your Perception of God and Why It Matters, Multnomah Books, →ISBN:And when you feel entitled, you don't ask for help, you demand it. What will happen when these people's entitlements are taken away? They'll be outraged. They'll feel like they've lost a God-given right. So, what are they likely to do?
2011, Steve White, Please Change Your Mind, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 23: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.
1989, Allan Tasman, Robert E. Hales, Allen J. Frances, American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Pub, →ISBN, page 514:Iudith Bardwick is an expert on employees like that, who feel “entitled” to their jobs but don't do very much to deserve them. She says entitlement behavior has little to do with intelligence or experience, and everything to do with motivation and fear. Leadership should not be delegated to “entitled” people. They don't make very good team members, either, although they may work acceptably in groups. And there is a difference between teams and groups. Deepdown, many people who feel entitled are very concerned about security and anxious about change.
2013, William H. Reid, Stuart B. Silver, Handbook of Mental Health Administration and Management, Routledge, →ISBN, page 525:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most entitled | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| 'titled | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more entitled | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overentitled · entitledness · unentitled · self-entitled · underentitled
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Translations (73)
de anspruchsvoll (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · it intitolato (having a title - book etc) · fr intitulé (having a title - book etc) · pt beneficiária (having a right to something) · nl gerechtigd (having a right to something) · id berhak (having a right to something) · de anspruchsberechtigt (having a right to something) · it presuntuoso (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · pl zatytułowany (having a title - book etc) · bg озаглавен (having a title - book etc) · hu jogosult (having a right to something) · nl getiteld (having a title - book etc) · de hochtrabend (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · gl con dereito (a) (having a right to something) · de überheblich (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · fr ayant droit (having a right to something) · es que se cree muy privilegiado/derechohabiente (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · fr prétentieux (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · pl roszczeniowy (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · it presuntuosa (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · de selbstgefällig (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · mi whakahīhī (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · he זַכַּאי (having a right to something) · fr présomptueux (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · ru правомочный (having a right to something) · de fordernd (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · pt presunçoso (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · pt condescendente (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · ru наделённый правом (having a right to something) · es derechohabiente (having a right to something) · nl rechthebbend (having a right to something) · ru уполномоченный (having a right to something) · ru требовательный (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · ru притязательный (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · es ufano (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · gl condescendente (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · ru высокомерный (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · sv berättigad (having a right to something) · de getitelt (having a title - book etc) · it avente titolo (having a right to something) · pt beneficiário efetivo (having a right to something) · ru озаглавленный (having a title - book etc) · es tener el fuero/derecho/privilegio a/de (having a right to something) · ru имеющий право (having a right to something) · de anmaßend (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · es engreído (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · hu címe (having a title - book etc) · de vermeintlich privilegiert (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · gl presunzosa (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · de betitelt (having a title - book etc) · de berechtigt (having a right to something) · es intitulado (having a title - book etc) · sv betitlad (having a title - book etc) · eo titolita (having a title - book etc) · hu követelőző (minden jogalap nélkül) (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · es finchado (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · de dünkelhaft (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · ar مُعَنْوَن (having a title - book etc) · pt intitulado (having a title - book etc) · pl uprawniony (having a right to something) · gl intitulada (having a title - book etc) · da berettiget (having a right to something) · pt presunçosa (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · ru претенциозный (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status) · gl titulada (having a title - book etc) · ru именующийся (having a title - book etc) · pt beneficiário (having a right to something) · gl titulado (having a title - book etc) · de benannt (having a title - book etc) · de befugt (having a right to something) · gl intitulado (having a title - book etc) · hu című (having a title - book etc) · gl presunzoso (convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status)