hubris

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, insolence, sexual outrage).

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hubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)

  1. Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).
    • 1997, John M. Connor, “The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995”, in Review of Agricultural Economics, volume 19, number 2, page 426:
      Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.
    • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer[1]:
      One would have thought that even Trump, despite all his hubris and egotism, would know better than to jump feet first into America’s most sensitive issue: racial division.

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Further reading

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  • hubris”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈubɾis/ [ˈu.β̞ɾis]
  • Rhymes: -ubɾis
  • Syllabification: hu‧bris

Noun

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hubris f (uncountable)

  1. hubris