hubris

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If not your hubris is amazing, you have ZERO background / skills that would make you an appropriate match for that position … which might fit well with our leading candidate.

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  1. noun Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: "There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris” (McGeorge Bundy).

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  • Anyway, he's in love with someone he's not supposed to be, so as a punishment for his hubris --see, I do remember something from Bob's class -- he's mummified. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 02 - August 2001
  • She will be remembered for her hubris --- If we have to use force; it is because we are America. —  Serbianna.com
  • If not your hubris is amazing, you have ZERO background / skills that would make you an appropriate match for that position … which might fit well with our leading candidate. —  Scobleizer
  • The US refusal to see these points speaks to a arrogance and hubris which is unique to most imperial nations. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • First, I don't think SP can define "hubris" - hence the deer in the headlights thingie. —  WordPress.com News
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  1. Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence; see ud- in Indo-European roots.
 

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