entitled
entitled Lexical Profile
entitled Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.
"Full-time employees are entitled to three weeks of paid vacation each year."
Believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment without having earned them.
"The customer's entitled behavior made it difficult for the staff to resolve the complaint politely."
Given a specific name or title (used of a book, play, artwork, or other creative work).
"She published a collection of essays entitled 'Reflections on Modern Architecture'."
Word Nuance & Usage
When used before a noun (e.g., 'an entitled attitude'), 'entitled' is almost always pejorative, describing an unearned sense of privilege; when used predicatively with 'to' (e.g., 'entitled to a refund'), it is neutral and denotes a legitimate right.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'entitle', which entered Middle English via Anglo-French 'entitler' and Late Latin 'intitulare', meaning to give a title or legal right to something.
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