hubris

WOTD – 30 July 2006    

English

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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 (da), overmod (da)
• 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
• Polish: pycha (pl) f
• Portuguese: húbris (pt)
• Romanian: hybris (ro) n
• Russian: высокомерие (ru) (vysokomerije)
• Serbo-Croatian: arogancija (sh), oholost (sh), gordost (sh), visokomerje (sh) n
• Spanish: hibris (es), hybris (es)
• Swedish: hybris (sv)

External links

• hubris at OneLook Dictionary Search