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hubris

[hyoo-bris, hoo-] / ˈhyu brɪs, ˈhu- /


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"This started as an exercise in showing the world a hubris of economists who think they can forecast stuff that they actually have no clue about," Klement said.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Within its larger story, the exhibition tells a series of smaller ones, about merchant fortunes gained and lost, religious pride and bigotry, British hubris, American liberty and its limitations—a theme reverberating into the present.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Some of those are even remembered as the leaders who brought down great empires with their own hubris and egotism.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

She knew how tardiness drove me nuts—how I saw it as nothing but hubris.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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