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hubris [ˈhjuːbrɪs], hybris n
1. pride or arrogance 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc., ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin [from Greek] hubristic , hybristic adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
hubris noun pride, vanity, arrogance, conceit, self-importance, haughtiness, conceitedness a tale of how an honourable man was afflicted with hubris Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Of late Tyson, in the guise of both outsider artist and outsider scientist, has been hubristically, but somehow movingly, preoccupied with representing ideas of infinity as expressed in the cosmos, the subatomic, and the minutiae of human consciousness. Lynch harbors a scientistic lust for prediction, and hubristically hopes the new science he's hyping could prove a real-world analog to science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's vision, in his Foundation series, of "psycho-history": a nearly infallible predictive social science. Lynch harbors a scientistic lust for prediction, and hubristically hopes the new science he's hyping could prove a real-world analog to science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's vision, in his Foundation series, of "psycho-history": a nearly infallible predictive social science. |
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