Hubris
noun
Excessive pride or self-confidence, often leading to downfall.
His hubris led him to believe that he could do no wrong.
Often appears as...
- act of hubris
- downfall due to hubris
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Disapproving
noun
In Greek tragedy, hubris is an excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.
In ancient Greek tragedies, the protagonist often suffers from hubris, defying the gods and paying the price for it.
Often appears as...
- tragic hubris
- protagonist's hubris
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Academic,Literary
noun
Excessive pride or self-confidence, often leading to downfall.
His hubris led him to believe that he could do no wrong.
Often appears as...
- act of hubris
- downfall due to hubris
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In Greek tragedy, hubris is an excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.
In ancient Greek tragedies, the protagonist often suffers from hubris, defying the gods and paying the price for it.
Often appears as...
- tragic hubris
- protagonist's hubris
Usage tips
Academic,Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Hubris suggests negativity and is used to criticize a person's character.
The manager's hubris made him unpopular among his staff.
Pro Tip 2/3Causal Relationship
Use hubris when implying one's downfall is a result of their excessive pride.
Her hubris caused her to ignore the advice and fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
Hubris usually refers to an individual's trait rather than a group's.
He was filled with hubris, dismissing everyone else's input.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Hubris suggests negativity and is used to criticize a person's character.
The manager's hubris made him unpopular among his staff.
Pro Tip 2/3Causal Relationship
Use hubris when implying one's downfall is a result of their excessive pride.
Her hubris caused her to ignore the advice and fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
Hubris usually refers to an individual's trait rather than a group's.
He was filled with hubris, dismissing everyone else's input.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Hubris suggests negativity and is used to criticize a person's character.
The manager's hubris made him unpopular among his staff.
Pro Tip 2/3Causal Relationship
Use hubris when implying one's downfall is a result of their excessive pride.
Her hubris caused her to ignore the advice and fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
Hubris usually refers to an individual's trait rather than a group's.
He was filled with hubris, dismissing everyone else's input.
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Reel Talk Ep. 10 - When...
you know I don't hear you worrying all that much about the hard merchandise yet we look up today at this stage right at the end here he is ahead of you the word hubris comes to mind how do you how do you feel about about Marciano being ahead of you hey I've said it before I'll say it again I always say I don't believe in
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Let's not use Mars as a...
is that, as civilizations become technologically advanced enough to consider living amongst the stars, they lose sight of how important it is to safeguard the home worlds that fostered that advancement to begin with. It is hubris to believe that interplanetary colonization alone will save us from ourselves,
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Four billion years of...
If you couldn't tell -- yes, they're my favorite group. As life evolves, it also goes extinct. Most species just last for a few million years. So you see, most life on earth that we see around us today are about the same age as our species. So it's hubris, it's self-centered to think,
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Everything you need to...
And many of the problems faced by humans in the poems are caused by their hubris, or excessive pride in believing themselves superior to the gods. The desire to please the gods was so great that the Ancient Greeks traditionally welcomed all strangers into their homes with generosity
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It's OK to feel...
where this is going to be the big change. My friends who are dystopians are already predicting that this is the official beginning of the police state and the disastrous new world order. I think there's a lot of hubris in trying to imagine what that new world could be.
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Your kids might live on...
And that's terraforming the making it more like Earth, reengineering an entire planet. That sounds like a lot of hubris, but the truth is that the technology to do everything I'm about to tell you already exists. First we've got to warm it up.
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Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
This is a popular explanation, and there's lots of truth to it, because taking big risks, as we all know, pays a lot of money. Another explanation that you often hear for recklessness is hubris. And greed and hubris are intimately intertwined
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Peter Attia: What if...
But I actually do. You see, in the hubris of my youth, I thought I had her all figured out. She ate too much. She got unlucky. She got diabetes. Case closed. Ironically, at that time in my life,
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The tyranny of merit PIPE...
Meritocracy is corrosive of the common good. It leads to hubris among the winners and humiliation among those who lose out. It encourages the successful to inhale too deeply of their success,
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The myth of Icarus and...
in the service of his ego, Icarus was also carried away by his own hubris. In the end, both men paid for their departure from the path of moderation dearly, Icarus with his life
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Reel Talk Ep. 10 - When...
you know I don't hear you worrying all that much about the hard merchandise yet we look up today at this stage right at the end here he is ahead of you the word hubris comes to mind how do you how do you feel about about Marciano being ahead of you hey I've said it before I'll say it again I always say I don't believe in
Video examples
Let's not use Mars as a...
is that, as civilizations become technologically advanced enough to consider living amongst the stars, they lose sight of how important it is to safeguard the home worlds that fostered that advancement to begin with. It is hubris to believe that interplanetary colonization alone will save us from ourselves,
Video examples
Four billion years of...
If you couldn't tell -- yes, they're my favorite group. As life evolves, it also goes extinct. Most species just last for a few million years. So you see, most life on earth that we see around us today are about the same age as our species. So it's hubris, it's self-centered to think,
Video examples
Everything you need to...
And many of the problems faced by humans in the poems are caused by their hubris, or excessive pride in believing themselves superior to the gods. The desire to please the gods was so great that the Ancient Greeks traditionally welcomed all strangers into their homes with generosity
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
where this is going to be the big change. My friends who are dystopians are already predicting that this is the official beginning of the police state and the disastrous new world order. I think there's a lot of hubris in trying to imagine what that new world could be.
Video examples
Your kids might live on...
And that's terraforming the making it more like Earth, reengineering an entire planet. That sounds like a lot of hubris, but the truth is that the technology to do everything I'm about to tell you already exists. First we've got to warm it up.
Video examples
Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
This is a popular explanation, and there's lots of truth to it, because taking big risks, as we all know, pays a lot of money. Another explanation that you often hear for recklessness is hubris. And greed and hubris are intimately intertwined
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
But I actually do. You see, in the hubris of my youth, I thought I had her all figured out. She ate too much. She got unlucky. She got diabetes. Case closed. Ironically, at that time in my life,
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The tyranny of merit PIPE...
Meritocracy is corrosive of the common good. It leads to hubris among the winners and humiliation among those who lose out. It encourages the successful to inhale too deeply of their success,
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The myth of Icarus and...
in the service of his ego, Icarus was also carried away by his own hubris. In the end, both men paid for their departure from the path of moderation dearly, Icarus with his life
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Jonathan Evison
American Writer
After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and do publicity for free just because I like a book. Some people think of it as hubris or careerism, but I love to champion books. You can't use your whole sphere of influence just to help yourself.
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Parker Harris
I still believe heavily that we have to be careful about having this ego and hubris as a successful corporation, that we should do it all. Because then I think we start to fail our customers and we're too focused on taking over the world.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
Where I grew up - we started out in Oklahoma and then moved to Missouri - it was considered hubris to talk about yourself. And the downside of that was that ideas rarely got exchanged, or true feelings.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
In my moments of greatest hubris, I say to myself, 'Yes, you should be trying to change the world.
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Alexandra C. Pelosi
American Journalist
There's a certain attitude that you'll experience in San Francisco. You could call it hubris.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
I had a lot of hubris going into politics, but I didn't think I was Pierre Trudeau.
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Scott Pruitt
American Politician
The last thing we need in Washington is more federal hubris.
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David Gergen
American Public Servant
We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
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Kevin Spacey
American Actor
We're all victims of our own hubris at times.
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Jonathan Evison
American Writer
After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and do publicity for free just because I like a book. Some people think of it as hubris or careerism, but I love to champion books. You can't use your whole sphere of influence just to help yourself.
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Parker Harris
I still believe heavily that we have to be careful about having this ego and hubris as a successful corporation, that we should do it all. Because then I think we start to fail our customers and we're too focused on taking over the world.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
Where I grew up - we started out in Oklahoma and then moved to Missouri - it was considered hubris to talk about yourself. And the downside of that was that ideas rarely got exchanged, or true feelings.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
In my moments of greatest hubris, I say to myself, 'Yes, you should be trying to change the world.
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Alexandra C. Pelosi
American Journalist
There's a certain attitude that you'll experience in San Francisco. You could call it hubris.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
I had a lot of hubris going into politics, but I didn't think I was Pierre Trudeau.
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Scott Pruitt
American Politician
The last thing we need in Washington is more federal hubris.
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David Gergen
American Public Servant
We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
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Kevin Spacey
American Actor
We're all victims of our own hubris at times.
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