2. Adjective. Displaying hubris (as a personality characteristic) ¹
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Definition of Hubristic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hubristic
Literary usage of Hubristic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England by Charles Larcom Graves (1922)
"Then remember the hubristic, the profane, the pugilistic, Are the only things in
poetry that count. So select a tragic argument, ensuring The maximum ..."
2. German Policy Before the War by George Walter Prothero (1916)
"A more dramatic reversal of fortune, a sterner illustration of the Nemesis which
pursues hubristic insolence, has rarely been seen. ..."
3. Social Silhouettes by George William Erskine Russell (1906)
"But, even where a Schoolmaster has no athletic prowess of his own, he fully
realizes that the athletes are both the most hubristic and the most influential ..."
4. An End to Illusions by Alan Duncan (1993)
"Speaking shortly after the 1987 general election the then Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, summed up the hubristic mood of British politicians, ..."
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