Dictionary

hubrid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhjubɹɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈhjuːbɹɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From hubris + -id (suffix forming adjectives). Hubris is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

Meanings

1. (rare) Synonym of hubristic (“overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner”).
   • And if it's true, maybe it doesn't only concern NLP trainers.. have you met novices in any other fields, some seem to adopt a hubrid belief of their own skills.. just a thought. 28 February 2002, Daniel Busk, “dear Pat, read this..”, in alt.psychology.nlp (Usenet):
   • Showing off for him, for all of them, not out of hubris — hubris? him? what did he have to be hubrid about? 1991, Stanley Enlkin, The MacGuffin, Linden Press, page 173
   • Of calculatingly unprincipled / Surrender to hubrid incompetence 2011, Constancio Sulapas Asumen, Flirting with Misadventures: Escapades of an Exotic Life, Friesen Press, page 143:

Forms

Synonyms

hubristic