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单词 hybris
释义

hybris

[ hahy-bris ]
/ ˈhaɪ brɪs /

noun

hubris.

OTHER WORDS FROM hybris

hy·bris·tic, adjective

Words nearby hybris

hybrid perpetual, hybrid rock, hybrid tea, hybrid vigor, hybrid vigour, hybris, Hycodan, hyd., hydantoin, hydathode, hydatid
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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 Dunsany
  • The vice which they denounced was hybris, wilful bondbreaking—wilful transgression of the socially appointed bounds.

    An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law|Roscoe Pound
  • Insolent disregard of propriety, "hybris," was the quality most denounced by the early moralizing poets.

    Ethics|John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts

British Dictionary definitions for hybris

hybris
/ (ˈhaɪbrɪs) /

noun

a variant of hubris

Derived forms of hybris

hybristic, adjective
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