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hu·bris    Audio Help   [hyoo-bris, hoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
Also, hybris.
Compare sophrosyne.


[Origin: 1880–85; < Gk hýbris insolence]

hu·bris·tic, adjective
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hu·bris    Audio Help   (hyōō'brĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: "There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris" (McGeorge Bundy).


[Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence; see ud- in Indo-European roots.]

hu·bris'tic (-brĭs'tĭk) adj., hu·bris'tic·al·ly adv.
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