(in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin
Derived forms
hubristic (huˈbristic) or hybristic (hyˈbristic)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from Greek
Examples of 'hybris' in a sentence
hybris
Among these, the concept of hybris, probably, deserves a place of crucial modernity and preeminence.
Mimmo Pesare 2013, 'La metafora dei Proci. Esperienza del limite ed etica della jouissance = The metaphorof the suitors of Penelope. Experience of limits and ethics of jouissance', H-ermes: Journal of Communicationhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/h-ermes/article/view/13552. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Gnostics regard the cosmos as the result of an «error» or of a hybris begotten in the transcendent world.
Ezio Albrile 2005, 'Fragments of a Forgotten Aiōn. An Outline of a Gnostic Myth', Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studieshttp://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/903. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)