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Recent Examples of hubristic
The famously hubristic Cameron thought there could be no better way to show that losing Leo wouldn’t sink his movie than by casting his Basketball Diaries co-star and rival.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 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
Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 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
Adjective
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Brown also slammed Rousey as a narcissistic person.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Successful women often fall prey to narcissistic individuals, said Guerrier.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Lourdes Mestre,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The Miniature Wife Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen star in this dramedy about an egocentric scientist on the verge of a breakthrough who accidentally shrinks his wife, a Pulitzer-winning author who hasn’t written a lick in more than a decade.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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.—
Wayne Parker,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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She’s been warning us since 1818 that vainglorious innovators will destroy the earth.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Demolishes the East Wing of the White House on an egotistical whim?—
Mark Barabak,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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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.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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Despite Netanyahu’s boastful statement, a series of nationwide polls last week found that most Israelis do not believe the US and Israel won the war against Iran.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Most smug articles and books that claim to provide quick fixes come off as tone-deaf or even counterproductive.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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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.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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“Hubristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hubristic. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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