Talk:hubris
What on earth is "overweening"?
Question about the overweening question...[edit]
Overweening - Showing excessive confidence or pride. I'm not sure where you saw that word or if you were commenting because you didn't see it listed as a synonym...it appears to me these two words are interchangeable. — This comment was unsigned.
- Except that overweening is an adjective and hubris is a noun. "Overweening" is usually relative to other humans. One could have hubris (directed toward the gods, not humans) and not be overbearing. DCDuring TALK 23:13, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
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Rfd-redundant: "Unchecked arrogance" is, for the purpose of this entry, the same as "excessive arrogance" (sense 1). TeleComNasSprVen 19:38, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
- Delete in absence of supporting citations for a separate sense. It sounds identical. Equinox ◑ 20:32, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
- Delete, same. --Mglovesfun (talk) 12:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
- Is this supposed to mean a tendency "unchecked" by the hubristic person himself, consistent with "hubris" being a mental state, or "unchecked" by the gods or society, consistent with "hubris" being a kind of behavior?
- Apparently, in ancient Greek the term referred to behavior and was even used as a legal term. It would be interesting to see when the term picked up its psychological sense. It apparently has been in use in English only since the late 19th century.
- Both senses of this entry would benefit from some citations. DCDuring TALK 14:22, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
- Delete, same. --Mglovesfun (talk) 12:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Deleted sense. --EncycloPetey 21:09, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Why "hubris" and not "hybris" ?[edit]
Why does this word appear with "u" rather than the expected "y" in English and several other European languages? (Others like German and Danish do have "y".) 178.4.151.88 02:56, 23 August 2021 (UTC)