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語源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈhjubɹɪs/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈhjʉːbɹɪs/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈhjʉːbɹəs/
• ハイフネーション: hu‧bris

名詞

hubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)

1. Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
   • 1997, John M. Connor, “The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995”, in Review of Agricultural Economics, volume 19, number 2, page 426:

     Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.

   • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer‎:

     One would have thought that even Trump, despite all his hubris and egotism, would know better than to jump feet first into America’s most sensitive issue: racial division.

別の表記

• hybris

派生語

• hubristic
• hubristical
• hubristically
• unhubristic

参考

• hamartia
• pride comes before a fall
• sophrosyne

Further reading

• hubris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “hubris”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• rubish