Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
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- noun Excessive
pride , presumption orarrogance (originally toward the gods).
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- noun overbearing pride or presumption
Etymologies
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Examples
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I know, I know, indulging in hubris is something heretofore unknown among writers on the internet.
Virtual Collection 2006
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I know, I know, indulging in hubris is something heretofore unknown among writers on the internet.
Kin to Crows 2005
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But then again – hubris makes men believe they are immune to normal cause and effects – hubris is the underminer of the very egos it inflates
Think Progress » Indictment Dissected: A Campaign Against Wilson 2005
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I know, I know, indulging in hubris is something heretofore unknown among writers on the internet.
October 2005 2005
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When Aristotle immortalized the term hubris, he could well have been talking about Sean Graney, the experimental Chicago theater director who, this fall, decided to adapt and stage not one Sophoclean drama, but all seven at once.
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Whether or not the euro follows his steep downward arc, Greek debt, like the Greek word hubris, comes to mind.
James Berman: DSK and the Greek Myth of "Reprofiling" James Berman 2011
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Whether or not the euro follows his steep downward arc, Greek debt, like the Greek word hubris, comes to mind.
James Berman: DSK and the Greek Myth of "Reprofiling" James Berman 2011
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Whether or not the euro follows his steep downward arc, Greek debt, like the Greek word hubris, comes to mind.
James Berman: DSK and the Greek Myth of "Reprofiling" James Berman 2011
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When he ends up taking the option of quitting, 1,576 miles into the race, Ms. Snyder seems genuinely pained; she is too much a fan to mention the word hubris.
Coast to Coast in Eight Days Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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Whether or not the euro follows his steep downward arc, Greek debt, like the Greek word hubris, comes to mind.
James Berman: DSK and the Greek Myth of "Reprofiling" James Berman 2011
m8eyboy commented on the word hubris
I found it in a footnote on P 174 of Christopher Booker's "The Seven Basic Plots":
May 11, 2007
sionnach commented on the word hubris
Warning!! Doggerel Attack!!!
Elegy for Eliot : The Lovesong of A.G. Spitzer
Let us go then, you and I
While the evening is spread out against the sky
Like the Baghdad skyline behind Wolf Blitzer
Or a criminal taken down by A.G. Spitzer
In the room the women come and go
“I’m called an escort, not a ho.�?
The corridors of power are lonely, late at night
The bad guys all day long you have to fight
You deserve a little reward – maybe a cookie?
Nope – even a hero needs some nookie.
In the room the women come and go
“Plastic works, a cheque, or cash to go.�?
Temptation looms – a vision, out of reach.
The voice of conscience: “Don’t you eat that peach!�?
Too late! Our hero reaches for his cheques.
Another politician laid low by the lure of sex.
In the room the women come and go
“Eliot? Oh yeah, huge ego and libido.�?
I should have been a pair of ragged claws
scuttling across the shores of silent seas.
Instead my taste for high-priced whores
Has made of me the emperor of sleaze.
March 13, 2008
katiefellows commented on the word hubris
In the TV show Strangers With Candy, one of Principal Blackman's (played by Greg Hollimon) most famous sayings is "hubris, overweening pride". Gotta love it!
April 7, 2008
d4divine commented on the word hubris
Oedipus' overwhelming hubris led to his ultimate destruction
May 29, 2008
d4divine commented on the word hubris
Oedipus' overwhelming hubris led to his ultimate destruction
May 29, 2008
d4divine commented on the word hubris
Oedipus' overwhelming hubris led to his ultimate destruction
May 29, 2008
scete commented on the word hubris
When human hubris intrudes or manipulates the sacred, the consequence is inevitably humiliation
December 5, 2008
Jungjoe commented on the word hubris
My uncle was the most hubris person I know
April 15, 2012
bilby commented on the word hubris
Etymology note: compare hybrid.
April 16, 2018