hubris in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hubris in the English»French Dictionary

hubris [Brit ˈhjuːbrɪs, Am ˈ(h)jubrəs] N form

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orgueil m

hubris

démesure f

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hubris in the PONS Dictionary

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hu·bris [ˈhju:brɪs] N no pl form

hubris

hybris or ubris f

hubris

démesure f

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Hubris is not the requital of past injuries; this is revenge.

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Ethical explanations centered on executive greed and hubris, a lack of corporate social responsibility, situation ethics, and get-it-done business pragmatism.

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The poem reflects a theme of tragic hubris, ending with the iceberg as the master of the latitudes.

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His hubris and desire for domination rather than negotiation has brought him to his knees.

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You gain some humility where there once was hubris, and its really important that you depend on yourself.

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As for the pleasure in hubris, its cause is this: men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater.

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At some point, he stopped seeing them, and returned to his former hubris.

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Arrogance or hubris in this comparison, is having unmerited confidencebelieving something or someone is capable or correct when they are not.

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With a negative connotation, "pride" refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments, often used synonymously with hubris.

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Managerial hubris is one reason why a manager may choose to invest in a merger that on average generates no profits.

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