Definitions for hubris
ˈhyu brɪs, ˈhu-hubris

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hubrisnoun

   overbearing pride or presumption

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1. hubrisnoun

   Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

2. Etymology: From ὕβρις.

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1. Hubris

   Hubris (; from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris) 'pride, insolence, outrage'), or less frequently hybris (), describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence, often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance. The term arrogance comes from the Latin adrogare, meaning "to feel that one has a right to demand certain attitudes and behaviors from other people". To arrogate means "to claim or seize without justification... To make undue claims to having", or "to claim or seize without right... to ascribe or attribute without reason". The term pretension is also associated with the term hubris, but is not synonymous with it.According to studies, hubris, arrogance, and pretension are related to the need for victory (even if it does not always mean winning) instead of reconciliation, which "friendly" groups might promote. Hubris is usually perceived as a characteristic of an individual rather than a group, although the group the offender belongs to may suffer collateral consequences from wrongful acts. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments, or capabilities. The adjectival form of the noun hubris/hybris is hubristic/hybristic.The term hubris originated in Ancient Greek, where it had several different meanings depending on the context. In legal usage, it meant assault or sexual crimes and theft of public property, and in religious usage it meant transgression against a god.

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1. hubris

   Hubris is excessive pride or self-confidence often to the point of arrogance, which can lead to a person's downfall. It is often associated with a lack of humility and disregard for the natural order or limits. Hubris is commonly seen in Greek tragedies, where protagonists suffer great misfortune due to their overbearing pride or defiance of the gods.

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1. Hubris

   Hubris, also hybris, from ancient Greek ὕβρις, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power. The adjectival form of the noun hubris is "hubristic".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hubris in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hubris in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hubris in a Sentence

1. Elon Musk:

   I do think there was some hubris there with the X.

2. Kevin Cassiday-Maloney:

   It just felt like hubris, it almost felt like a desecration of the holy book to put his signature on the front writ large, literally.

3. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

4. Craig Lawrence:

   There was a sort of hubris among venture capitalists in treating the energy industry like they treated the tech industry.

5. Charles Koch:

   Hubris, arrogance is just one step ahead of loss of integrity, because if you think you’re better than other people, you know more, then you’re going to think as many leaders have that the rules don’t apply to them. So they lose their integrity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hubris
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hubris
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hubris