It's sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis.
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Hubris
//ˈhjuːbɹɪs//
Synonyms for "hubris" (72 found)
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63 translations across 31 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kryelartësi noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Arabic
1 entries- غَطْرَسَة noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Bulgarian
2 entries- арогантност noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- високомерие noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Catalan
1 entries- arrogància noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 傲慢 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- 狂妄 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- 自恃 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Czech
2 entries- arogance noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- namyšlenost noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Danish
2 entries- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- overmod noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Dutch
3 entries- hoogmoed noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- kapsones noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Esperanto
1 entries- orgojlo noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Finnish
3 entries- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- uho noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- ylimielisyys noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
French
2 entries- hubris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Galician
2 entries- arrogancia noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- fachenda noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Georgian
2 entries- მედიდურობა noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- სიამაყე noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
German
4 entries- Dünkel noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- Hochmut noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- Hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- Selbstüberschätzung noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Hungarian
3 entries- gőg noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- hübrisz noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- önhittség noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Icelandic
2 entries- hroki noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- ofdramb noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Indonesian
1 entries- keangkuhan noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Italian
3 entries- arroganza noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- insolenza noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- supponenza noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Japanese
2 entries- 不遜 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- 傲慢 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Korean
1 entries- 거만 noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Macedonian
2 entries- горде́ливост noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- на́дменост noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- pozbilindî noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- quretî noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Polish
1 entries- pycha noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Portuguese
1 entries- húbris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Romanian
1 entries- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Russian
1 entries- высокоме́рие noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- arogancija noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- gordost noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- oholost noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- visokomerje noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Spanish
4 entries- desmesura noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- hibris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- hubris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Swedish
1 entries- hybris noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гібрис noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
- зарозумілість noun (excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Pride tends to develop into hubris, which is close kin to madness.
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At one time the entire Gothic race, loose from the reins of government, began to lean in spirit toward lust and hubris.
Source: tatoeba (8657143)
Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.
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