hubristic

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (hŭbrĭstĭkós, “given to wantonness, insolent, outrageous”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to’). Ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (Hŭbrĭstĭkós) is derived from ὑβρίζω (hubrízō, “to be wanton, run riot; to affront, insult”) (from ῠ̔́βρις (hŭ́bris, “insolence; pride”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming similative verbs)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives).^[1] By surface analysis, hubris +‎ -tic (suffix forming adjectives).

• enPR: h(y)o͞o'-brĭsʹ-tĭk, (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h(j)uːˈbɹɪstɪk/

• Audio (Southern England); /hjuːˈbɹɪstɪk/:

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /h(j)uˈbɹɪstɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
• Hyphenation: hu‧bris‧tic

hubristic (comparative more hubristic, superlative most hubristic)

1. Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner.

   Synonyms: (rare) hubrid, hubristical; see also Thesaurus:arrogant

   Antonyms: unhubristic; see also Thesaurus:humble

   • 1831 (date written), George W[illiam] E[rskine] Russell, quoting an anonymous letter-writer, “Birth, Parentage, and Education”, in Stuart J. Reid, editor, The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company […], published 1891, →OCLC, page 17:

     Everyone who has experienced the hubristic qualities of the Tufted race, and its satellites, will cordially sympathize with this sentiment of an orderly and industrious undergraduate [i.e. William Ewart Gladstone].

     The “Tufted race” refers to students from high-ranking families; compare tufthunter.

   • 1995, David [J.] Cohen, “Violence and Litigation”, in Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens (Key Themes in Ancient History), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Realm of the Courts), page 141:

     Aristotle […] also maintains that the wealth, strength, many friends, and power of the wealthy make them hubristic because they do not fear repercussions for their conduct. The wealthy are hubristic, he adds later […], but the new rich are particularly so, and in their unrestrained state are likely to assault others and engage in sexual predation (i.e., as ways of asserting the status they want to be recognized as having).

   • 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 December 2021:

     [Elon] Musk is easily cast as a hubristic supervillain, lumped in with the tech bros and space playboys, for whom money is scorekeeping and rockets are the ultimate toy. But he's different: he's a manufacturing magnate—moving metal, not bytes.

• hybristic

• hubrid
• hubristical
• hubristically
• unhubristic

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