hubris

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhjubɹɪs/

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• Hyphenation: bris

hubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)

1. Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption, originally (Greek mythology) 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.

• hybris

• hubristic
• hubristical
• hubristically
• unhubristic

• hamartia
• pride comes before a fall
• sophrosyne

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• rubish

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

hubris f (uncountable)

1. hubris