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hubristic /h(j)uːˈbrɪstɪk /adjectiveExcessively proud or self-confident: a hubristic belief in his own self-proclaimed genius...- It is dangerously ambitious, if not outright hubristic, to use Homer's poem about the rage of Achilles as your source.
- 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.
- In its war on the press, this hubristic administration may finally have crossed a bridge too far.
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