"hubris" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhjubɹɪs/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-hubris.ogg , En-au-hubris.ogg Forms: hubrises [plural], hybris [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|ὕβρις|t=insolence, sexual outrage}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)
  1. Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption, originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: hubristic, hubristical, hubristically, unhubristic Related terms: hamartia, pride comes before a fall, sophrosyne Translations (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride): kryelartësi [feminine] (Albanian), غَطْرَسَة (ḡaṭrasa) [feminine] (Arabic), високомерие (visokomerie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), арогантност (arogantnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), arrogància [feminine] (Catalan), 傲慢 (àomàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 狂妄 (kuángwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 自恃 (zìshì) (Chinese Mandarin), namyšlenost [feminine] (Czech), arogance [feminine] (Czech), hybris (Danish), overmod (Danish), hybris (Dutch), hoogmoed (Dutch), kapsones [masculine] (Dutch), orgojlo (Esperanto), hybris (Finnish), ylimielisyys (Finnish), uho (Finnish), hybris (French), hubris (French), fachenda [feminine] (Galician), arrogancia [feminine] (Galician), მედიდურობა (mediduroba) (Georgian), სიამაყე (siamaq̇e) (Georgian), Überheblichkeit [feminine] (German), Hochmut [masculine] (German), Hybris [feminine] (German), Dünkel [masculine] (German), Selbstüberschätzung [feminine] (German), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 (hauhhairtei) [feminine] (Gothic), gőg (Hungarian), hübrisz (Hungarian), önhittség (Hungarian), hroki [masculine] (Icelandic), ofdramb [neuter] (Icelandic), keangkuhan (Indonesian), insolenza (Italian), arroganza (Italian), supponenza [feminine] (Italian), 傲慢 (gōman) (alt: ごうまん) (Japanese), 不遜 (fuson) (Japanese), 거만 (geoman) (Korean), на́дменост (nádmenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), горде́ливост (gordélivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), quretî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pozbilindî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pycha [feminine] (Polish), húbris (Portuguese), hybris [neuter] (Romanian), высокоме́рие (vysokomérije) (Russian), arogancija (Serbo-Croatian), oholost (Serbo-Croatian), gordost (Serbo-Croatian), visokomerje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), soberbia (Spanish), desmesura [feminine] (Spanish), hibris [feminine] (Spanish), hybris [feminine] (Spanish), hubris [feminine] (Spanish), hybris (Swedish), зарозумілість (zarozumilistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гібрис (hibrys) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride",
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      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hibrys",
      "sense": "excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гібрис"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hubris"
}

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