hubris

WOTD - 30 July 2006    

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕβρις (hybris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/

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Noun

hubris (uncountable)

1. Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

See also

• sophrosyne

Translations

excessive pride or arrogance

Danish: hybris, overmod Dutch: hubris (nl), hoogmoed (nl) Finnish: hybris (fi), ylimielisyys (fi), uho (fi) French: hybris (fr) German: Überheblichkeit (de) f., Hochmut (de) m., Hybris (de) f. Hungarian: gőg (hu), hübrisz (hu) Icelandic: hroki (is) m., ofdramb (is) n. Italian: insolenza (it), arroganza (it) Japanese: 傲慢 (ja) (ごうまん, gōman)

Kurdish: quretî (ku) f., pozbilindî (ku) f. Portuguese: hubris (pt) Romanian: mândrie nemăsurată (ro) Russian: высокомерие (ru) Serbian: oholost f., visokomerje n. Serbo-Croatian: arogancija (sh), oholost (sh), gordost (sh) Spanish: hibris, hybris Swedish: hybris (sv)

External links

• hubris at OneLook Dictionary Search