Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·greek ·1880s
Hubris
from ὕβρις (hubris)
- Meaning
- Excessive pride or self-confidence, especially in defying the gods.
- Source word
- ὕβρις (hubris)
- Route into English
- Greek tragedy → English literary criticism → general English. Twentieth-century use broadened to corporate and political overreach.
- Arrived
- 1880s
English borrows.
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