Hubris
[hyoo-bris, hoo-] /ˈhyu brɪs, ˈhu-/
noun
1.
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
/ˈhjuːbrɪs/
noun
1.
pride or arrogance
2.
(in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor’s ruin
n.
also hybris, 1884, a back-formation from hubristic or else from Greek hybris “wanton violence, insolence, outrage,” originally “presumption toward the gods;” the first element probably PIE *ud- “up, out,” but the meaning of the second is debated.
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