hybris
[ hahy-bris ]
/ ˈhaɪ brɪs /
noun
OTHER WORDS FROM hybris
hy·bris·tic, adjectiveWords nearby hybris
hybrid vigour,
hybridism,
hybridization,
hybridize,
hybridoma,
hybris,
hyd.,
hydantoin,
hydathode,
hydatid,
hydatid cyst
Example sentences from the Web for hybris
The crime of hybris, which to the Greeks was the "unforgivable sin," is here made as real to us as it was to them.
Five Plays |Edward John DunsanyThe vice which they denounced was hybris, wilful bondbreaking—wilful transgression of the socially appointed bounds.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law |Roscoe PoundInsolent disregard of propriety, "hybris," was the quality most denounced by the early moralizing poets.
Ethics |John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts