hubris

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

noun

  1. Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).
    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. August 20, 2017, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer

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