hubristic
1
8.4
- adjective
- /hjuˈbrɪstɪk/
- Formal
:
hubris
- hubristic attitude led him to believe he could achieve anything without help.
- hubristic ambition
And the West is seen as arrogant, hubristic, destructive.
- And the West is seen as arrogant, hubristic, destructive.
- I never came from a place of being hubristic.
- So, so that's the the hubristic idea of of trying to do this, but it's not easy.
Examples
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Atwood also incisively critiques, as Shelley had, the hubristic and irresponsible abuse of technology, taking particular stabs at bioengineering, and especially those who pursue such activities in the name of ecological "health" or "progress."
Academic text (2018) -
Your assumption that you are wiser than the founding fathers is shortsighted and hubristic.
Blog text (9) -
There was a touch of hubristic madness in the voice that I'd never heard before.
Fiction book (1996) -
And the West is seen as arrogant, hubristic, destructive.
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The artists ultimately decided that it was hubristic to call themselves a research "center" and therefore adopted their final title as a "research group for visual art."
Academic text (2014) -
And sovereign discourse historically has been nothing if not hubristic.
Academic text (1991) -
My simple, declarative sentences began to strike me as hubristic at best, utter lies at worst.
Academic text (2016) -
For when humankind takes on this hubristic role, it becomes the sole source of meaning in a world rendered dead and meaningless.
Academic text (1992) -
But at this point, the Obama energy policy appears to be grounded in a hubristic belief that government has the capacity to pick technological winners and losers, which is contrary to all experience and reason.
Academic text (2009) -
Spain's Cidade da Cultura, a museum conceptualized by Galicia's former president with the hubristic goal of creating a world icon, is one such example.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
99
4.2
Being too confident and acting proud so other people dislike you
85
5.2
A person who feels too pleased with themselves in a way that annoys others
24
5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
24
6.6
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
19
5.3
To believe you can do more than you really can
13
5.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
8
6.1
Feeling or acting as if you are better than other people
4
8.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
3
9.9
Bragging too much about how great you think you are
3
9.1
Acting more important than you really are
2
9.8
Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you
2
7.0
To act very confident and proud to get attention
1
7.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
1
7.4
Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way
1
9.9
Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people
1
7.8
Talking proudly about things you have done
1
9.9
Talking too proudly about yourself in a showy way
Believing you are better than other people and acting like it
Acting more confident and important than you really are
Thinking you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Arrogant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hubristic comes from the Greek word hubris, which means 'excessive pride' or 'arrogance' and was used for people who acted as if they were above the gods. So, to call someone hubristic is to say they have too much pride or self-confidence, and that this pride can lead them to take risky or foolish actions.