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hubris::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
Examples of hubris
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For all his double-dealing and hubris, we feel grudging sympathy for Zuckerberg.
From the kentucky.com
Liam Fox's hubris will sit uneasily with service personnel who have been sacked.
From the telegraph.co.uk
If so, Democratic hubris will create opportunities for the GOP to get a hearing.
From the washingtonpost.com
This was a display of hubris and ego that is utterly bewildering to most people.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
This is more than just hubris, says Bloomberg Research analyst Anand Srinivasan.
From the businessweek.com
Unless of course we have the hubris to claim perfection to our inner capacities.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
They will no doubt regard this new campaign as the latest example of his hubris.
From the economist.com
Hubris may be less of a danger than its opposite, a kind of economic diffidence.
From the economist.com
Amid weeks of hubris relating to referees, Lennon's men have gone off the rails.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Overbearing pride or presumption
- Hubris (/u02C8hjuu02D0bru026As/, also hybris, from ancient Greek u1F55u03B2u03C1u03B9u03C2) describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous over-confidence. In its ancient Greek context, it typically describes behavior that defies the norms of behavior or challenges the gods, and which in turn brings about the downfall, or nemesis, of the perpetrator of hubris.
- Pride is, depending on the interactional and cultural context, either a high sense of one's personal status (i.e., leading to judgements of personality and character) or the specific mostly positive emotion that is a product of praise or independent self-reflection. ...
- Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, as well as the USA, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend an immediate harmful contact, whereas the actual contact itself is called "battery. ...
- Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods)
- Excessive pride, the sort of thing Zeus zaps you for. Also the quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs that other people won't want to say bad things about. Hence, the third great virtue of a programmer. See also laziness and impatience.
- An arrogance due to excessive pride and an insolence toward others. A classic character flaw of a trader or investor.
- N. arrogant ambition, ultimately leading to downfall the revenge of the gods, the ancient Greeks said, when mortals got above themselves.) Maybe synonymous with the concept of flood prevention.
- Excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance
