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The word of the day is ‘hubris’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form
It means:
1. Arrogance
2. Excessive pride or self-confidence.
3. Feeling of superiority
4. Pride
1. Her hubris was in part, at all events, the result of ignorance.
2. The self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s
3. Hubris leads to the downfall of many celebrities and politicians.
4. It is easy to offend others when blinded by hubris
5. Feeling invincible because of his hubris, Cody tried – and failed – an advanced bicycle trick.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
audacity, chutzpah, cockiness, pretension, vanity, airs, brass, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, self-importance, arrogance conceit, conceitedness, haughtiness, pride, self-conceit, superciliousness, feeling of superiority, hauteur, big-headedness etc.
humility, modesty, respect, timidity, etc.
Quotation:
I refuse for any person or organized group to dictate to me what God is. That is really the height of insufferable hubris. I believe in just immediately putting to death or just putting over the cliff people who assume they know about God.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
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