hubris
noun
- extreme pride or overconfidence, often in combination with arrogance
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/ / /ˈhjubɹɪs/ / /ˈhjʉːbɹɪs/
noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).
- Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
“Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.”
“One would have thought that even Trump, despite all his hubris and egotism, would know better than to jump feet first into America’s most sensitive issue: racial division.”