Dictionary

hubris en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Queensland
• /ˈhjʉːbɹɪs/ (Australia)
• /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhjʉːbɹəs/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈhjubɹɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
• (California) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
   • Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris. 1997, John M. Connor, “The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995”, in Review of Agricultural Economics, volume 19, number 2, page 426:
   • One would have thought that even Trump, despite all his hubris and egotism, would know better than to jump feet first into America’s most sensitive issue: racial division. 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer:

Forms

Deriveds

unhubristic · hubristic · hubristically · hubristical

Relateds

hamartia · pride comes before a fall · sophrosyne

Translations (70)

de Hochmut (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · de Hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk гординя (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · fi hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · hu hübrisz (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ar غَطْرَسَة (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · fi uho (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · fi ylimielisyys (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · hu önhittség (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk гібрис (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · kmr pozbilindî (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ja 傲慢 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · sh visokomerje (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ka სიამაყე (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · nl kapsones (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · pl pycha (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · is ofdramb (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ko 거만 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · sh gordost (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · es hibris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · it insolenza (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · cs arogance (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ca arrogància (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk ароганція (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ro hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · eo orgojlo (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · mk на́дменост (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · nl hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · fr hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · is hroki (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · de Selbstüberschätzung (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · bg високомерие (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · da overmod (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · it arroganza (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ja 不遜 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · de Dünkel (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk арогантність (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk зарозумілість (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · de Überheblichkeit (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · pt húbris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · gl fachenda (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · mk горде́ливост (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · es soberbia (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · es hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk високомірря (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk зверхність (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · sh arogancija (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · cmn 狂妄 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ka მედიდურობა (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · gl arrogancia (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · sh oholost (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · sq kryelartësi (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · it supponenza (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · sv hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · ru высокоме́рие (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · kmr quretî (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · es desmesura (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk високомірність (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · nl hoogmoed (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · bg арогантност (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · cmn 傲慢 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · id keangkuhan (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · cmn 自恃 (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · da hybris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · hu gőg (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · es hubris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · fr hubris (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · cs namyšlenost (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride) · uk гордість (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)