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hubris
noun as in arrogance
Example Sentences
Spanning eight episodes each, both series explore the circumstances that gave rise to horrific crimes — from dynastic hubris, corruption and greed to societal prejudice and lazy law enforcement.
Liberals either didn’t notice or underestimated his chutzpah and hubris.
Lake Superior’s first known commercial casualty, in 1816, was a schooner with a name that suggests hubris: the Invincible.
But to navigate that forest and find a clear solution, one must slash through their hubris with the same nonchalance as an employer slashing you from their payroll.
But in the franchise’s ongoing parable of mankind’s hubris, the all-seeing enigma in “Alien: Earth” adds another reason to make us shudder.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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