hubris

hubris
Synonyms and related words:
arrogance, assumption, assurance, assuredness, audacity, belief, boldness, brashness, brass, brazen boldness, bumptiousness, certitude, cheek, chutzpah, cocksureness, confidence, confidentness, contumely, conviction, courage, effrontery, faith, familiarity, gall, hardihood, heroics, imposition, improvidence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence, lawlessness, liberties, liberty abused, license, licentiousness, obtrusiveness, overboldness, overcarelessness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, poise, pomposity, positiveness, presumption, presumptuousness, pride, procacity, pushiness, rashness, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, settled belief, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, temerariousness, temerity, trust, unchariness, undue liberty, unwariness, uppishness, uppityness

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  • Hubris — (  /ˈhjuːb …   Wikipedia

  • Hubris I & II — Hubris I II Hubris I II est le premier album solo d Andreas Kisser, guitariste de Sepultura depuis 1987. Cet album est sorti en France le 29 mai 2009 sous le label Mascot Records. L oeuvre est présentée sous la forme de 2 CDs, l un étant… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hubris I & II — est le premier album solo d Andreas Kisser, guitariste de Sepultura depuis 1987. Cet album est sorti en France le 29 mai 2009 sous le label Mascot Records. L œuvre est présentée sous la forme de 2 CD, l un étant principalement enregistré avec des …   Wikipédia en Français

  • húbris — s. f. 2 núm. Orgulho excessivo. = ARROGÂNCIA, INSOLÊNCIA, SOBERBA ≠ HUMILDADE, SUBMISSÃO   ‣ Etimologia: grego húbris, eos, excesso, ardor excessivo, impetuosidade, violência, ultraje …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • hubris — index pride Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hubris — ● hubris nom féminin (motgrec) Chez les Grecs, tout ce qui, dans la conduite de l homme, est considéré par les dieux comme démesure, orgueil, et devant appeler leur vengeance …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • hubris — also hybris, 1884, a back formation from hubristic or else from Gk. hybris wanton violence, insolence, outrage, originally presumption toward the gods; the first element probably PIE *ud up, out, but the meaning of the second is debated …   Etymology dictionary

  • hubris — [n] arrogance airs, audacity, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self… …   New thesaurus

  • hubris — ► NOUN ▪ excessive pride or self confidence. DERIVATIVES hubristic adjective. ORIGIN Greek, originally denoting presumption towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis …   English terms dictionary

  • hubris — [hyo͞o′bris; ] also [ ho͞o′bris] n. [Gr hybris < IE base ud , up (> OUT) + * gwerī , heavy: basic sense prob. “to rush at impetuously”] wanton insolence or arrogance resulting from excessive pride or from passion hubristic adj …   English World dictionary

  • hubris — hubristic, adj. /hyooh bris, hooh /, n. excessive pride or self confidence; arrogance. Also, hybris. Cf. sophrosyne. [1880 85; < Gk hýbris insolence] * * * Greek  hybris        in Classical Athenian usage, the intentional use of violence to… …   Universalium

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