hubristic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /h(j)uˈbɹɪstɪk/ (General-American)
- h(y)o͞o'-brĭsʹ-tĭk
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- /h(j)uːˈbɹɪstɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (hŭbrĭstĭkós, “given to wantonness, insolent, outrageous”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to’). Ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (Hŭbrĭstĭkós) is derived from ὑβρίζω (hubrízō, “to be wanton, run riot; to affront, insult”) (from ῠ̔́βρις (hŭ́bris, “insolence; pride”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming similative verbs)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, hubris + -tic (suffix forming adjectives).
Meanings
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Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner.
Aristotle […] also maintains that the wealth, strength, many friends, and power of the wealthy make them hubristic because they do not fear repercussions for their conduct. The wealthy are hubristic, he adds later[…], but the new rich are particularly so, and in their unrestrained state are likely to assault others and engage in sexual predation (i.e., as ways of asserting the status they want to be recognized as having).
1995, David [J.] Cohen, “Violence and Litigation”, in Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens (Key Themes in Ancient History), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Realm of the Courts), page 141:[Elon] Musk is easily cast as a hubristic supervillain, lumped in with the tech bros and space playboys, for whom money is scorekeeping and rockets are the ultimate toy. But he's different: he's a manufacturing magnate—moving metal, not bytes.
2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:Everyone who has experienced the hubristic qualities of the Tufted race, and its satellites, will cordially sympathize with this sentiment of an orderly and industrious undergraduate [i.e. William Ewart Gladstone].
1831 (date written), George W[illiam] E[rskine] Russell, quoting an anonymous letter-writer, “Birth, Parentage, and Education”, in Stuart J. Reid, editor, The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company […], published 1891, →OCLC, page 17:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more hubristic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most hubristic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| hybristic | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
verecund · unhubristic · low · humble-hearted · resigned · humble · mild · unpretentious · diffident · lowly · modest · meek · poor · abased · self-effacing · demure
Deriveds
unhubristic · hubristically · hubristical · hubrid
Synonyms
vain · high-hat · thrasonical · bombastic · hubristical · orgulous · pretentious · imperious · snooty · self-important · high-handed · full of oneself · tumid · haut · flaunting · entitled · inflated · haughty · disdainful · puffed up · overbearing · biggity · highfalutin · uppy · turgid · thrasonic · boastful · glorious · overweening · arrogant · authoritarian · stout · snobbish · egotistical · priggish · toploftical · haught · airy · la-di-da · holier-than-thou · buggish · hubristic · chesty · hankty · uppish · grandiose · toplofty · cocky · snotty · pompous · ostentatious · flatulent · blustery · lordly · supercilious · sanctimonious · turgescent · hubristical · domineering · presumptuous · big-headed · insolent · hubrid · hoity-toity · uppity · conceited · high and mighty · stuck up · upstage
Translations (17)
de überheblich (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · hu pimasz (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · de anmaßend (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · fi uhoava (of or relating to hubris) · fi hybristinen (of or relating to hubris) · es jactancioso (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · id hubristik (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · fi uhmakas (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · de großtuerisch (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · hu önhitt (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · fi hybristinen (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · es prepotente (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · fi ylimielinen (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · fi ylimielinen (of or relating to hubris) · hu pökhendi (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · hu szemtelen (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner) · fi uhoava (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner)