hubristic
/h(j)uˈbɹɪstɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner.
Example Sentences
- "Everyone who has experienced the hubristic qualities of the Tufted race, and its satellites, will cordially sympathize with this sentiment of an orderly and industrious undergraduate [i.e. William Ewart Gladstone]."
- "Aristotle […] also maintains that the wealth, strength, many friends, and power of the wealthy make them hubristic because they do not fear repercussions for their conduct. The wealthy are hubristic, he adds later[…], but the new rich are particularly so, and in their unrestrained state are likely to assault others and engage in sexual predation (i.e., as ways of asserting the status they want to be recognized as having)."
- "[Elon] Musk is easily cast as a hubristic supervillain, lumped in with the tech bros and space playboys, for whom money is scorekeeping and rockets are the ultimate toy. But he's different: he's a manufacturing magnate—moving metal, not bytes."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (hŭbrĭstĭkós, “given to wantonness, insolent, outrageous”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to’). Ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (Hŭbrĭstĭkós) is derived from ὑβρίζω (hubrízō, “to be wanton, run riot; to affront, insult”) (from ῠ̔́βρις (hŭ́bris, “insolence; pride”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming similative verbs)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, hubris + -tic (suffix forming adjectives).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /h(j)uˈbɹɪstɪk/
- British English: /h(j)uːˈbɹɪstɪk/