hubris

See also: húbris

English
WOTD – 30 July 2006

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/, [ˈçju̟ːbɹ̠ʷɪs]
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Noun

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:
      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.

Quotations

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Further reading
  • “hubris”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Spanish

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

Noun

hubris f (uncountable)

  1. hubris
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