Synonyms for hubris
ˈhyu brɪs, ˈhu-hubris

Princeton's WordNet

1. hubrisnoun

   overbearing pride or presumption

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1. • Arrogance

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1. List of paraphrases for "hubris":

   arrogance, pride, hybris

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1. Sean Roberts:

   They have a kind of hubris about this, there's a level of confidence in having escaped a lot of criticism from the international community, a sense that nobody is actually going to punish us for this.

2. Steve King:

   It's appalling to think of the hubris of Donald Trump, it's time to be adults about this. Can you imagine a commander-in-chief, a president of the United States throwing tantrums like this for four or eight years?

3. Timothy Ingalsbee:

   Mother Nature is calling the cards on our hubris that we can conquer and control wildfires during these extreme conditions.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

5. Stephanie Ricker Schulte:

   After 2000, after the so-called bubble burst, 'dot-com' came to represent American hubris and greed, especially outside the U.S., my favorite example of this is an article published in Germany that described Internet executives washing their car with champagne.