Meaning & use
Hubristic
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Characterized by excessive pride or self-confidence, often leading to a downfall.
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The executive's hubristic decision to ignore market warnings led to the company's collapse.
Critics called the general's plan hubristic and doomed to fail.
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Hubristic derives from hubris, the ancient Greek concept of dangerous pride that, in tragedy, provokes the downfall of the overconfident hero.
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