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HUBRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hubris mean?
• HUBRIS (noun)
The noun HUBRIS has 1 sense:
1. overbearing pride or presumption
Familiarity information: HUBRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overbearing pride or presumption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hubris" is a kind of...):
arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)
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