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Recent Examples of hubristic
By chance, Rhaena arrives at the Gullet on dragonback just in time to make the same hubristic mistake as her sister and her cousin, all suffering from the delusion that the war needs them.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The Iraq War’s neoconservative architects suffered from a hubristic faith in American power and their own righteousness.
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George Packer,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
But the arguments that AI will take over tasks and that will allow people to be more fully human is terribly mistaken and overtly hubristic.
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Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
In hindsight, that moment of hubristic braggadocio may have provoked the wrath of the retail gods.
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Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
19 Nov. 2025
In our own history, the failures of the Vietnam and Iraq wars owed less to insufficient brawn than to arrogance, cultural blindness, and the hubristic dismissal of diplomacy as weakness.
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Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
The seminal story of hubristic man’s creation of intelligence, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, arose from the voice of a 19-year-old woman.
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Adam Verner
september 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
The hubristic nature of the expedition that follows, and the landscapes captured, call to mind a very different Herzog title.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The Iraq War’s neoconservative architects suffered from a hubristic faith in American power and their own righteousness.
—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
But the arguments that AI will take over tasks and that will allow people to be more fully human is terribly mistaken and overtly hubristic.
—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
In hindsight, that moment of hubristic braggadocio may have provoked the wrath of the retail gods.
—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
19 Nov. 2025
In our own history, the failures of the Vietnam and Iraq wars owed less to insufficient brawn than to arrogance, cultural blindness, and the hubristic dismissal of diplomacy as weakness.
—
Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
The seminal story of hubristic man’s creation of intelligence, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, arose from the voice of a 19-year-old woman.
—
Adam Verner
september 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
The hubristic nature of the expedition that follows, and the landscapes captured, call to mind a very different Herzog title.
—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hubristic
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But the show still makes its point that the world of this play has narcissistic aggressors and flailing victims, and those who fall into both of those categories.
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Who hasn’t nodded along in recognition while listening to a story about a nightmare roommate, or had a narcissistic relative who makes everything about himself?
Adjective
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In less than a year, several firms have cropped up in India that recruit people to record first-person or egocentric videos.
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This evolution moves away from egocentric, top-down control toward an ecosystemic consciousness that centers on shared responsibility, psychological safety and societal fairness.
Adjective
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Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.
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The Pitt definitely feels like the type of workplace where conceited doctors-in-training are pretty much guaranteed to quickly get knocked down a peg.
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Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.
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All but the most vainglorious architects imagine that their buildings will change in some small way after completion.
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Hathaway gets the most fun part to play in this formidable ensemble, starring as egotistical actress Daphne Kluger, who starts as the mark but ends up enlisting among the thieves.
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Demolishes the East Wing of the White House on an egotistical whim?
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Defense witnesses pointed to boastful teens, fireworks-like flashes and uncertain ignition points, with an expert arguing that fireworks were the likely cause and that prosecutors lack proof that a lighter sparked the blaze.
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Chatter about Azik’s famous delens abounds, as does boastful talk about how Monica Bellucci’s family hails from the same part of Nalchik.
Adjective
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Three hundred high school players gather at a remote facility to compete in ruthless trials where only one will emerge as the world’s greatest and most egoistic striker.
Adjective
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Most smug articles and books that claim to provide quick fixes come off as tone-deaf or even counterproductive.
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But the series’ central character, played by Rachel Weisz, has enough nervous, itchy, manic energy to make the show’s narrative structure feel purposely unstable rather than safely smug.
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“Hubristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hubristic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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