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hubris
1. excessive pride or self-confidence
“the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s”
2. (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.
noun
/ˈ(h)jubrəs/
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