hubris
HYOO-bris/ˈhjuːbɹɪs/
Pluralhubrises
- 1Pride that goes too far, or being much too sure of yourself. At first it meant pride toward the gods.
The team's hubris cost them the game, because they thought they had already won.
It was hubris to climb the mountain without a map.
Similararrogance, pride, conceit, presumption
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Origin
From an Ancient Greek word meaning "insolence".