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Postby Cacasenno » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:34 am

Hubris (hybris)

SYLLABICATION: hu·bris
PRONUNCIATION: hybrs
VARIANT FORMS: also hy·bris (h-)
NOUN: Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: “There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris” (McGeorge Bundy).
ETYMOLOGY: Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence. See ud- in Appendix I.
ADJECTIVE—hu·bristic (-brstk)
ADVERB—hu·bristic·al·ly

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.


Reported as a word hard to tranlate in most languages: as in →Agamemnon's hybris :evil:
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Postby Slava » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:39 pm

Such an important word, I was shocked to realize we hadn't had it yet.
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Postby Perry » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:39 pm

Achilles wasn't exactly lacking for hubris either.
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Postby Cacasenno » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:27 pm

Menelaus too had his own undertandable spell of it. And a host of other Greeks, for the matter. :shock:

A big fat Greek hybris :) :)
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Postby gailr » Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:57 pm

A big fat Greek hybris :) :)
hybris
Variant of hubris.
It *is* a word, not a typo. Thanks for that, C. :)
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Postby William » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:57 pm

It seems to me that this word was discussed extensively a few years ago at the Yourdictionary.com forum. I think Henri Day suggested it.
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Postby Perry » Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:54 pm

Alas, Henri hasn't deigned to join our musings for 2.5 years. Too bad!
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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Postby Stargzer » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:07 pm

I think coming here was a busman's holiday for Henri.
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