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    hubris
    /ˈh(j)uːbrɪs/

    noun

    • 1. excessive pride or self-confidence: "the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHUBRIS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Hubris is a literary term for a way of talking or behaving that is too proud or arrogant. Learn how to use it in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in different languages.

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      HUBRIS translate: 驕傲自大. Learn more in the Cambridge...

    • Hubristic

      HUBRISTIC definition: 1. too proud: 2. too proud: . Learn...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HubrisHubris - Wikipedia

    Hubris (/ ˈhjuːbrɪs /; from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris) 'pride, insolence, outrage'), or less frequently hybris (/ ˈhaɪbrɪs /), [1] describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride [2] or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, [3] often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance. [4]

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  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hubrisHubris Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of HUBRIS is exaggerated pride or self-confidence. How to use hubris in a sentence. Hubris Comes From Ancient Greece

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › hubrisHUBRIS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Hubris is a literary term for excessive pride or confidence in oneself. Learn how to use it in a sentence, how to say it and how to distinguish it from irony.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHUBRIS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    hubris in British English. (ˈhjuːbrɪs ) or hybris. noun. 1. pride or arrogance. 2. (in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hubrisHubris - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Hubris is an excess of confidence: a boxer who shouts "I'm the greatest!" even though he's about to get pummeled by a much stronger opponent is displaying a lot of hubris. Hubris is from Greek, where it meant "excessive pride, violating the bounds set for humans" and was always punished by the gods. We no longer have the Greek gods, so in ...

  10. www.britannica.com › topic › hubrisHubris | Definition & Examples | Britannica

    Aug 17, 2024 · hubris, in ancient Athens, the intentional use of violence to humiliate or degrade. The word’s connotation changed over time, and hubris came to be defined as overweening presumption that leads a person to disregard the divinely fixed limits on human action in an ordered cosmos.

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