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单词 hubristic
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Definition of hubristic in English:

hubristic

adjective h(j)uːˈbrɪstɪk(h)juˈbrɪstɪk
  • Excessively proud or self-confident.

    a hubristic belief in his own self-proclaimed genius
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In its war on the press, this hubristic administration may finally have crossed a bridge too far.
    • They are missing the fact that his dream was so hubristic as to be delusional.
    • Turning the world upside down is a dangerous, hubristic aim.
    • His decision to specify something bigger, better or more daring than the norm was logical, not hubristic: he believed it would result in a faster, safer, smoother-running railway.
    • This offers a window into the corporate record industry's hubristic faith in endless growth.
    • The likelihood of suffering tragedy increases with a hubristic belief that we have everything under control.
    • The administration's hubristic foreign policy has been efficiently exposed as based on nothing more than hallucination.
    • It is dangerously ambitious, if not outright hubristic, to use Homer's poem about the rage of Achilles as your source.
    • I thought this celebration might be a tad hasty and hubristic as there were still two cards to come.
    • It would be hubristic for any critic to think he is absolutely right and the mainstream record-buying public are absolutely wrong.

Definition of hubristic in US English:

hubristic

adjective(h)yo͞oˈbristik(h)juˈbrɪstɪk
  • Excessively proud or self-confident.

    a hubristic belief in his own self-proclaimed genius
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The administration's hubristic foreign policy has been efficiently exposed as based on nothing more than hallucination.
    • The likelihood of suffering tragedy increases with a hubristic belief that we have everything under control.
    • His decision to specify something bigger, better or more daring than the norm was logical, not hubristic: he believed it would result in a faster, safer, smoother-running railway.
    • It is dangerously ambitious, if not outright hubristic, to use Homer's poem about the rage of Achilles as your source.
    • In its war on the press, this hubristic administration may finally have crossed a bridge too far.
    • Turning the world upside down is a dangerous, hubristic aim.
    • I thought this celebration might be a tad hasty and hubristic as there were still two cards to come.
    • They are missing the fact that his dream was so hubristic as to be delusional.
    • This offers a window into the corporate record industry's hubristic faith in endless growth.
    • It would be hubristic for any critic to think he is absolutely right and the mainstream record-buying public are absolutely wrong.
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