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hubris

Syllables: hu·brisUK/ˈhjuːbɹɪs//ˈhjubɹɪs/

hubris noun: excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.

hubris: excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a...
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Noun

hubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)

  1. Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
    • Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.1997, John M. Connor, “The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995”, in Review of Agricultural Economics, volume 19, number 2, page 426
    • 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.2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer

hubris meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

hubris in Urdu

گھمنڈ, زعم

hubris in Bengali

অত্যধিক অহংকার, উদ্ধত দম্ভ, ধৃষ্টতা

hubris in Telugu

hubris, pride
తిక్క tikka

hubris in Malayalam

ദർപ്പം
More languagesFewer languages
hubris in Kannada
ಸೊಕ್ಕು, ಕೊಬ್ಬು, ಮಲೆಪು
hubris in Arabic
غَطْرَسَة ḡaṭrasa
hubris in Indonesian
keangkuhan

Examples of hubris in a sentence

  • Bitcoiners have always suffered from a big dose of hubris and boosterism.
  • It is precisely for the sake of hubris that it is here.
  • Furthermore, this virtue evidently involves an Aristotelian mean—somewhere between hubris and Heepishness.

All 11 example sentences with hubris

Forms of hubris

pluralhubrises
alternative formhybris

Origin of hubris

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

Words formed from hubris

Questions about hubris

What does hubris mean?
Hubris means excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
What is hubris in Urdu?
Hubris in Urdu is گھمنڈ, زعم. See Hubris meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is hubris?
Hubris is a noun.
How do you pronounce hubris?
Hubris is pronounced /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of hubris?
The plural of hubris is hubrises.

Words near hubris in the dictionary

  1. hubometers
  2. huboon
  3. huboons
  4. Hubricht's bluestar
  5. hubrid
  6. hubris
  7. hubrises
  8. hubrist
  9. hubristic
  10. hubristical
  11. hubristically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hubris (page history and authors); hubris (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hubris (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తిక్క (Telugu) (page history and authors); hubris (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hubris (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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