Translation for 'hubris' from English to French

hubris

hybris {f}

orgueil {m} [hybris]

surestimation {f} de soi

hauteur {f} [fig.] [arrogance]

fierté {f} [péj.] [arrogance, dédain]

démesure {f} [d'ambition, de prétentions]

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hubris [arrogance]

arrogance {f}

• Adrian Davies sees arrogance as more generic and less severe than hubris.
• Richard Aboulafia predicts a 2020 final delivery, with unpleasant losses due to "hubris, shoddy market analysis, nationalism and simple wishful thinking".
• In LDS culture, the term "Rameumptom" has a metaphoric meaning, signifying self aggrandizement or hubris.
• A reviewer of "Kirkus Reviews" commented "Terrific characterization and patient plotting mark Koontz's work, and this novel about the triumph of modesty over hubris proves exemplary on both counts.
• Examples of this could include hubris, misplaced trust, excessive curiosity, pride and lack of self-control.

• Bacchylides calls the Giants arrogant, saying that they were destroyed by "Hybris" (the Greek word hubris personified).
• Leopold's eventual response was extraordinary in its hubris and simplicity.
• "Time Out" film critic Philip De Semlyen described it as “A warts-and-all tales of hubris and heavyweight beats”.
• As of 1 April 2014 new escalated demands were added as a result of the hubris of ISPs and NTRA and their lack of effort to see any demands accomplished.
• In the speech, Bryan, a prominent American politician of the 1890s, warned against the harms and hubris of American imperialism.

• Evil corporations can be seen to represent the danger of combining capitalism with larger hubris.
• , "island of Atlas") is a fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris (excessive pride leading to a downfall) of nations in the ancient Greek philosopher Plato's works "Timaeus" and "Critias".
• Managerial hubris is one reason a manager may choose to invest in a merger that on average generates no profits.
• "Hybris" (Swedish: [...] 'hubris') is the first studio album by Swedish progressive rock group Änglagård.
• Once, a Phrygian man named Pyrrhus tried to rape Rhea; the goddess changed him into stone for his hubris.

• Pride (...), also known as "hubris" (from Ancient Greek [...]) or "futility". It is considered the original and worst of the seven deadly sins on almost every list, the most demonic.