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hubrist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person prone to, or guilty of hubris

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • 2006S. Giora Shoham Ark in the Authentic Domain Page 32. The hubrist in the Greek basis of worth anchored on central measures meaning of culpability. Because the vengeful Furies in charge of suppressing hubris were not impressed by extenuating subjective arguments, the objective justification for their enforcing the law against hubris was that those who seek the unprovable or pursue the unfathomable are bound to get hurt.

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