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Arrogance of Mann shunning human nature perversely (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hauteur

'arrogance' is the definition.
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'mann shunning human nature perversely' is the wordplay.
'shunning' suggests deleting specific letters.
'perversely' indicates an anagram.
'human'+'nature'='humannature'
'humannature' with 'mann' taken out is 'huature'.
'huature' with letters rearranged gives 'HAUTEUR'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hauteur that I've seen before include "Overbearing arrogance" , "Arrogant disdain" , "Disdainful pride or snobbery" , "Proud arrogance" , "Proud disdain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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