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Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
overbearing pride or presumption
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
kryelartësi
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Arabic :
غَطْرَسَة
(ḡaṭrasa)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Bulgarian :
високомерие
(visokomerie)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Bulgarian :
арогантност
(arogantnost)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Catalan :
arrogància
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Chinese Mandarin :
傲慢
(àomàn)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Chinese Mandarin :
狂妄
(kuángwàng)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Chinese Mandarin :
自恃
(zìshì)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Czech :
namyšlenost
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Czech :
arogance
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Danish :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Danish :
overmod
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Dutch :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Dutch :
hoogmoed
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Dutch :
kapsones
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Esperanto :
orgojlo
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Finnish :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Finnish :
ylimielisyys
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Finnish :
uho
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
French :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
French :
hubris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Galician :
fachenda
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Galician :
arrogancia
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Georgian :
მედიდურობა
(mediduroba)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Georgian :
სიამაყე
(siamaq̇e)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
German :
Überheblichkeit
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
German :
Hochmut
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
German :
Hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
German :
Dünkel
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
German :
Selbstüberschätzung
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Gothic :
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹
(hauhhairtei)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Hungarian :
gőg
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Hungarian :
hübrisz
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Hungarian :
önhittség
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Icelandic :
hroki
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Icelandic :
ofdramb
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Indonesian :
keangkuhan
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Italian :
insolenza
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Italian :
arroganza
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Italian :
supponenza
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Japanese :
傲慢
(gōman)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Japanese :
不遜
(fuson)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Korean :
거만
(geoman)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Northern Kurdish :
quretî
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Northern Kurdish :
pozbilindî
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Macedonian :
на́дменост
(nádmenost)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Macedonian :
горде́ливост
(gordélivost)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Polish :
pycha
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Portuguese :
húbris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Romanian :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Russian :
высокоме́рие
(vysokomérije)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Serbo-Croatian :
arogancija
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Serbo-Croatian :
oholost
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Serbo-Croatian :
gordost
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Serbo-Croatian :
visokomerje
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Spanish :
soberbia
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Spanish :
desmesura
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Spanish :
hibris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Spanish :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Spanish :
hubris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Swedish :
hybris
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
гібрис
(hibrys)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
зарозумілість
(zarozumilistʹ)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
високомірність
(vysokomirnistʹ)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
високомірря
(vysokomirrja)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
гординя
(hordynja)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
ароганція
(arohancija)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
арогантність
(arohantnistʹ)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
зверхність
(zverxnistʹ)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian :
гордість
(hordistʹ)
— excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride