hubris

[ hyoo-bris, hoo- ]

noun

1. excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

hubris

/ ˈhjuːbrɪs /

noun

1. pride or arrogance
2. (in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin

Derived Forms

• huˈbristic, adjective

Other Words From

• hu·bristic adjective
• nonhu·bristic adjective
• unhu·bristic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hubris¹

First recorded in 1880–85, hubris is from the Greek word hýbris insolence

Word History and Origins

Origin of hubris¹

C19: from Greek

Example Sentences

Perhaps it was hubris that allowed the Trump campaign to insult voters with just days to go in the race.

From Salon

Empowered by his own hubris, Trump builds and borrows and beds with impunity — all with a freewheeling sense of gleeful combativeness.

From Los Angeles Times

I think it’s a celebration of the transmutation of hubris to humility.

From Los Angeles Times

With youth comes hubris, immaturity and unrealized potential.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a poetic ending for the man who named his company after a 19th-century sonnet about arrogance, hubris and pride laid low.

From Salon

Related Words

• audacity
• chutzpah
• cockiness
• pretension
• vanity