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- Dictionaryhubris/ˈh(j)uːbrɪs/
noun
- 1. excessive pride or self-confidence: "the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s"
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Hubris, or less frequently hybris, describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, often in combination with arrogance. The term arrogance comes from the Latin adrogare, meaning "to feel that one has a right to demand certain attitudes and behaviors from other people". To arrogate means "to claim or seize without justification... To make u... Wikipedia