hubris
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
Origin of hubris
1- Also hybris.
Other words from hubris
- hu·bris·tic, adjective
- non·hu·bris·tic, adjective
- un·hu·bris·tic, adjective
- Compare sophrosyne.
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How to use hubris in a sentence
The hubris and contempt for truth flaunted in their pre-election haste to install an ideological foe of LGBTQ rights on the court have now become a trigger.
It’s a video game so beloved that remaking it is a work of hubris, bound only to disappoint diehard fans in an effort to draw in new players.
The Final Fantasy VII Remake Shouldn't Exist — But I'm So Glad it Does | Matthew Gault | April 9, 2020 | TimeIn wisely sidestepping the hubristic folly of trying to sum up his own time, he achieved a sort of timelessness.
Peter Matthiessen Was One of the Greatest Writers of a Great Generation | Malcolm Jones | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHubristic wielders of rationality are dubbed “fragilistas” (Alan Greenspan, at one point, is labeled an “uberfragilista”).
A Manifesto for Disorder: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ‘Antifragile’ Reviewed | Robert Herritt | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe italicized phrase isn't exactly a hallmark of the sort of hubristic soothsayer Abrams seems to describe.
Gracious in victory, he was elegantly non-hubristic in his evaluation of the Republican gains in this election.
British Dictionary definitions for hubris
hybris
/ (ˈhjuːbrɪs) /
pride or arrogance
(in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin
Origin of hubris
1Derived forms of hubris
- hubristic or hybristic, adjective
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