hubris
pronunciation
How to pronounce hubris in British English:
UK [ˈhju:brɪs]
How to pronounce hubris in American English:
US [ˈhjubrɪs]
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- Noun:
- overbearing pride or presumption
Word Origin
- hubris (n.)
- also hybris, 1884, a back-formation from hubristic or else from Greek hybris "wanton violence, insolence, outrage," originally "presumption toward the gods;" the first element probably PIE *ud- "up, out," but the meaning of the second is debated.
Example
- 1. Some specific moves from hubris to humility are already evident .
- 2. In 2010 those memories of european hubris will seem cruelly distant .
- 3. The first is of technological hubris .
- 4. And perhaps that is the biggest danger facing brazil : hubris .
- 5. In commercial terms , building tall is often an act of hubris .