I'll vote for INTJ.
Which is the most arrogant of types?
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there, i just tied the score
seems like XNTJ gets the popular vote once again:frustrating:
EDIT- i understand why XNTJ gets the popular vote
our hard drive is wired to gain/absorb as much knowledge as possible
we could care less about pop culture/fads
we do not value praise, what others think of us
ironically we are being judged by non judgers
seems like XNTJ gets the popular vote once again:frustrating:
EDIT- i understand why XNTJ gets the popular vote
our hard drive is wired to gain/absorb as much knowledge as possible
we could care less about pop culture/fads
we do not value praise, what others think of us
ironically we are being judged by non judgers
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AHEM [coughs, points to INTJ label]
I get it, xNTJs are often pretty damn arrogant. But ExTPs can also be extremely arrogant. Though I suppose in the former case it comes across more as true arrogance that gets under people's skins, whereas in the latter case it comes across more as bluster and can sometimes be softened with charisma and humor.
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Looking at types at their worst, I find high Te can come off as arrogant even when the person themselves is not arrogant. Unhealthy Te especially, as I've found in TJs and ENFPs can be super arrogant. However, I'll agree with @leictreon that ESxPs can be just as arrogant
Not surprisingly, ESFPs are just reversed INTJs.
(They tend to be arrogant too but are generally more chill than the ESTPs)
I'd say ENTJ's are most arrogant. INTJ's follow on their heels. I wouldn't call ESFP's arrogant and I'm surprised anyone would think that. ESTP's and ENTP's, yeah I guess to a degree. It appears to be used more as social posturing/humor than truly believing their own bull. Where as NTJ's believe their own hype with alarming frequency. Not to say all ENTJ's are arrogant. Just that it happens most with them.
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Well I am biased, but I agree with this. 'We' think everyone is full of it (including ourselves).
Anyways posting to topic. I find unhealthy (prefacing unhealthy there) ExFPs to be extremely insufferable when they use aux Fi, Tert Te in whacko dom Se/Ne delivery. Talking about societies whacko SJWs tho. It can be far worse to deal with those sorts than an NTJ who at least can make sense out of their angle.
I cannot believe no one mentioned the arrogance of what is most prevalently dealt with based on numbers which is ESxJ I mean a pack rat unhealthy extrovert with some fucked up aux Si can be pretty annoying and dogmatic to deal with as well.
I would personally rather deal with an unhealthy NTJ, STP, or NTP over what I just listed as far as arrogance goes.
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I have to agree that xNTJs are probably the most arrogant on average. It doesn't seem uncommon for xNTPs and xSTxs to be arrogant as well, and I suppose that there are probably arrogant people of all types, but it seems most common for xNTJs to be arrogant.
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I suppose I disagree with popular opinion because, from what I've found, INTJs are not arrogant at all.
True, they are confident in the areas they know to be their strengths, but they are also acutely (and likely, painfully) aware of their defects. I just think they choose to only broadcast their strengths – which may result in their appearing haughty – but it's not as if I blame them.. who wants make their own flaws known to the world? Equally, I've seen that INTJs very willingly admit when they have been proven wrong and will objectively listen to all perspectives on an issue, even those which oppose their own points of view..
My vote goes to ESTJ for this one. I've come to know a couple, and while they have other traits I highly regard, I don't consider their humility to be among them. From my experience at least, they will disregard any opinion contrary to their own, often considering "their" way (usually the pre-established/tried-and-true method) to be the only logical way to go about a task.. (Perhaps, however, this is because I have merely met a few unpalatable ESTJs.)
True, they are confident in the areas they know to be their strengths, but they are also acutely (and likely, painfully) aware of their defects. I just think they choose to only broadcast their strengths – which may result in their appearing haughty – but it's not as if I blame them.. who wants make their own flaws known to the world? Equally, I've seen that INTJs very willingly admit when they have been proven wrong and will objectively listen to all perspectives on an issue, even those which oppose their own points of view..
My vote goes to ESTJ for this one. I've come to know a couple, and while they have other traits I highly regard, I don't consider their humility to be among them. From my experience at least, they will disregard any opinion contrary to their own, often considering "their" way (usually the pre-established/tried-and-true method) to be the only logical way to go about a task.. (Perhaps, however, this is because I have merely met a few unpalatable ESTJs.)
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With respect to the ENTJs I know, they are often reluctantly conscious of their shortcomings but avoid any confrontation with them unless absolutely necessary. I get the impression that they are constantly repressing emotions of inferiority or incompetence, leading them to assume (at least publicly) a more assertive, self-assured persona. I don't think this necessarily means that they don't realize their imperfections but that they will circumnavigate them whenever possible. So, in terms of the comparison I made between INTJs and ESTJs, I’d say ENTJs fall in the middle – but perhaps slightly closer to the ESTJ.
I am certain that ESTJs, too, recognize their flaws – obviously, nobody halfway intelligent can be completely ignorant of their faults. Yet the ENTJs I know are still somehow less rigid than the ESTJs I know… I think it stems from the differences in Ni and Si, with Ni being more willing to expand beyond itself and Si being more resolute and preferring to keep to what already is. However, I do realize it’s silly for me to declare that one type is «*the most arrogant, » as I am completely certain that I could find ENTJs who are more arrogant than ESTJs or INFPs more arrogant than both ESTJs and ENTJs.
I am certain that ESTJs, too, recognize their flaws – obviously, nobody halfway intelligent can be completely ignorant of their faults. Yet the ENTJs I know are still somehow less rigid than the ESTJs I know… I think it stems from the differences in Ni and Si, with Ni being more willing to expand beyond itself and Si being more resolute and preferring to keep to what already is. However, I do realize it’s silly for me to declare that one type is «*the most arrogant, » as I am completely certain that I could find ENTJs who are more arrogant than ESTJs or INFPs more arrogant than both ESTJs and ENTJs.
;nod; :cooler: I will say; offline I haven't interest in grandeur (i.e., intellectually/mentally) -- especially among the foreign [strangers].
Same. Almost all people i see who are typed as INTJ are very knowledgeable and humble.
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I voted ESTJ. They may be arrogant but I don't particularly see that as a major flaw. A flaw, but not a big one to me.
I also find it funny that no one voted for ISFJ (watch how the minute I write that, someone will vote ISFJ just because).
I also find it funny that no one voted for ISFJ (watch how the minute I write that, someone will vote ISFJ just because).
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Tbh, I've met in real life almost every single MBTI type (excluding INFP, INFJ and ENFP) and everyone of them displayed some sort of arrogance. I mean, everyone thinks their ways are better than others (even me, no matter how much I try to give a listening ear). So I guess the most arrogant, to me, would be someone who wouldn't even consider themselves arrogant. The idea of being arrogant would go over their heads, and would also blame others for arrogance. Sure some have supriority complexes, but if they have the proof to back up how great they are, then they win bragging rights
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Any high Ti type. It's important to note that unlikeable =/= arrogant.
Te is surprisingly flexible and will yield to objective data. The reason people have an issue with this cognitive function is because they can't beat Te at its own game. Te references objective standards to justify why it feels it is most qualified for a task. For example, if we were choosing a captain of a basketball team and Kobe Bryant (Objective data: 5x NBA Champion, 2x NBA MVP, 18x NBA All-Star) stepped up most Te users would fall into line. The problem is that when other people disagree with a Te user and can't produce their own empirical evidence the Te user will not yield.
ar·ro·gant
ˈerəɡənt/
adjective
having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
If one has empirical evidence to support one's assertions-- I don't consider this arrogant-- I consider it Te fact. If I have $50,000 and you have $1 million then you are, in fact, richer than me. If we're in the same company and you're a Senior Manager at the age of 20 and I'm a Manager at the age of 30 then you are, in fact, more successful than me in your career. This is not a boast-- but a fact-- and a healthy high Te user will acknowledge and accept this information. Elon Musk (xNTJ) repeating that he's rich is equivalent to me repeating that I'm Asian with black hair. It's fact.
In contrast, Ti users will debate in circles using internal logical frameworks and claim superiority without any objective standards to reference. Think of an unemployed basement dweller without a career who wants to lecture accomplished businessmen on economic policy, think of a morbidly obese person who wants to lecture others on health and fitness, and think of the smart ass class clown who argues in circles to flaunt their intelligence but fails all their classes and can't succeed in life due to a poor work ethic and a poor attention span. Their logic and words may be sound but their actions and lack of results diminishes the weight of their words which results in their argument that they're 'better' or 'best' being poorly supported.
Ti users are more likely to justify their superiority in their minds but can't reference with data and evidence why we should believe them and why we should accept this to be true. Best case scenario-- you're a hypocrite. Worst case scenario-- you're a liar.
I find this to be more arrogant.
Te is surprisingly flexible and will yield to objective data. The reason people have an issue with this cognitive function is because they can't beat Te at its own game. Te references objective standards to justify why it feels it is most qualified for a task. For example, if we were choosing a captain of a basketball team and Kobe Bryant (Objective data: 5x NBA Champion, 2x NBA MVP, 18x NBA All-Star) stepped up most Te users would fall into line. The problem is that when other people disagree with a Te user and can't produce their own empirical evidence the Te user will not yield.
ar·ro·gant
ˈerəɡənt/
adjective
having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
If one has empirical evidence to support one's assertions-- I don't consider this arrogant-- I consider it Te fact. If I have $50,000 and you have $1 million then you are, in fact, richer than me. If we're in the same company and you're a Senior Manager at the age of 20 and I'm a Manager at the age of 30 then you are, in fact, more successful than me in your career. This is not a boast-- but a fact-- and a healthy high Te user will acknowledge and accept this information. Elon Musk (xNTJ) repeating that he's rich is equivalent to me repeating that I'm Asian with black hair. It's fact.
In contrast, Ti users will debate in circles using internal logical frameworks and claim superiority without any objective standards to reference. Think of an unemployed basement dweller without a career who wants to lecture accomplished businessmen on economic policy, think of a morbidly obese person who wants to lecture others on health and fitness, and think of the smart ass class clown who argues in circles to flaunt their intelligence but fails all their classes and can't succeed in life due to a poor work ethic and a poor attention span. Their logic and words may be sound but their actions and lack of results diminishes the weight of their words which results in their argument that they're 'better' or 'best' being poorly supported.
Ti users are more likely to justify their superiority in their minds but can't reference with data and evidence why we should believe them and why we should accept this to be true. Best case scenario-- you're a hypocrite. Worst case scenario-- you're a liar.
I find this to be more arrogant.
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From what I've personally seen, mostly ExTJs, xSTPs, xNFPs, and INTPs.
All types seem to have a degree of showing arrogance to an extent. Who knows, maybe it depends on our perspective too, maybe there might be a bias that we're not aware of. But @OHtheNovelty has a good point too. In the end, I agree; to me the most arrogant, would be someone who wouldn't even consider themselves arrogant and that idea of being arrogant would go over their heads.
All types seem to have a degree of showing arrogance to an extent. Who knows, maybe it depends on our perspective too, maybe there might be a bias that we're not aware of. But @OHtheNovelty has a good point too. In the end, I agree; to me the most arrogant, would be someone who wouldn't even consider themselves arrogant and that idea of being arrogant would go over their heads.
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I honestly think any type has the potential to be arrogant in some way, especially T types. That said, the ones who are most likely to outwardly come across as arrogant are probably ExTx types, while the ones who are most likely to come across as snooty elitists are INTx types.
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