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- Dictionaryhu·bris·tic/(h)yo͞oˈbristik/
adjective
- 1. excessively proud or self-confident: "a hubristic belief in his own self-proclaimed genius"
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: exaggerated pride or self-confidence. hubristic. hyü-ˈbri-stik. adjective. Did you know? Hubris Comes From Ancient Greece. English picked up both the concept of hubris and the term for that particular brand of cockiness from the ancient Greeks, who considered hubris a dangerous character flaw capable of provoking the wrath of the gods.
hubristic. adjective. literary uk / hjuːˈbrɪs.tɪk / us / hjuːˈbrɪs.tɪk / Add to word list. too proud: He has a hubristic resistance to admitting he is wrong. Synonyms. arrogant. conceited disapproving. condescending disapproving. haughty disapproving. imperious. lordly. overbearing disapproving. patronizing. pompous disapproving.
hubris, in ancient Athens, the intentional use of violence to humiliate or degrade. The word’s connotation changed over time, and hubris came to be defined as overweening presumption that leads a person to disregard the divinely fixed limits on human action in an ordered cosmos.
a way of talking or behaving that is too proud: He was punished for his hubris. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom. disrespect. distressfully. distressingly. hurtfully. impiously. impiousness. lacerating. teary. touchingly. tragically.
hubris. the "hubris" family. Hubris is an excess of confidence: a boxer who shouts "I'm the greatest!" even though he's about to get pummeled by a much stronger opponent is displaying a lot of hubris.
Browse. Hubris definition: excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.. See examples of HUBRIS used in a sentence.
1. pride or arrogance. 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin. [C19: from Greek] huˈbristic, hyˈbristic adj.
the fact of being too proud. In literature, a character with this quality ignores warnings and laws and this usually results in their downfall and death. He thought he was above the law and was ultimately punished for his hubris. Scientists may arguably be guilty of hubris in this area.
Hubristic wielders of rationality are dubbed “fragilistas” (Alan Greenspan, at one point, is labeled an “uberfragilista”).
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.
