Definitions

1. adjective

characterized by or given to boastful or arrogant pretension, especially in relation to one’s knowledge or intellectual powers.

“The professor’s cataphrenic attitude towards other scholars made him unpopular in the academic community.”

2. noun

arrogant pretension or boastfulness, especially in relation to one’s knowledge or intellectual powers.

“The cataphrenic of the self-proclaimed expert was evident in his overconfident responses to the questions.”