Etymology

hubris

hu·bris
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Today it means: Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὕβρις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromὕβρις“pride, insolence, outrage”
  2. English todayhubris

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὕβρις all →

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