hubristic
Syllables: hu·bris·tic/h(j)uːˈbɹɪstɪk//h(j)uˈbɹɪstɪk/
hubristic adjective: 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.
Adjective
hubristic (comparative more hubristic, superlative most hubristic)
- 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.
- 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].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...
- 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...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...
- Synonyms:
- hubrid, hubristical, airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent
- Antonyms:
- unhubristic, abased, demure, diffident, humble, humble-hearted, low, lowly, meek, mild
hubristic meaning in Indonesian
hubristic in Indonesian
- overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner
- hubristik
Examples of hubristic in a sentence
- 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.1995, David [J.] Cohen, “Violence and Litigation”, in Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens (Key Themes in Ancient History)...
- [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.2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time...
Synonyms of hubristic
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- boastful
- lordly
- bombastic
- cocky
- conceited
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistical
- entitled
- flaunting
- full of oneself
- grandiose
- hankty
- haughty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- high and mighty
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- holier-than-thou
- imperious
- inflated
- insolent
- la-di-da
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overweening
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
Antonyms
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Forms of hubristic
| comparative | more hubristic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hubristic |
| alternative form | hybristic |
Origin of 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). By surface analysis, hubris + -tic (suffix forming adjectives).
Words formed from hubristic
Words that rhyme with hubristic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
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- holistic
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about hubristic
- What does hubristic mean?
- Hubristic means 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.
- What is hubristic in Indonesian?
- Hubristic in Indonesian is hubristik. See Hubristic meaning in Indonesian.
- How do you use hubristic in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is hubristic?
- Hubristic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hubristic?
- Hubristic is pronounced /h(j)uːˈbɹɪstɪk/ (UK).
Words near hubristic in the dictionary
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