as in vanity
formal + literary
an excessive or foolish amount of belief in oneself or one's own abilities
His failure was brought on by his hubris.
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The experiment’s seeming success stoked the hubris that a decades-old modern state could transform a millennia-old society.
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Vinay Sitapati, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2021
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The hubris is stunning.
—Anand Kumar, STAT, 25 June 2024
Meaney’s own exchanges come together in an incisive, entertaining, and ultimately damning account of official hubris among would-be world changers.
—Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
The Dropout While the shocking story of Elizabeth Holmes’s rise and fall as the founder of disgraced medical tech company Theranos has been retold across a number of platforms, few have captured her toxic mix of ambition and hubris as powerfully as ABC News podcast The Dropout.
—Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 17 July 2024
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Vinay Sitapati, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2021
Cut through the noise with our essential updates on health care politics and policy
Privacy Policy
The hubris is stunning.
—Anand Kumar, STAT, 25 June 2024
Meaney’s own exchanges come together in an incisive, entertaining, and ultimately damning account of official hubris among would-be world changers.
—Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
The Dropout While the shocking story of Elizabeth Holmes’s rise and fall as the founder of disgraced medical tech company Theranos has been retold across a number of platforms, few have captured her toxic mix of ambition and hubris as powerfully as ABC News podcast The Dropout.
—Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 17 July 2024
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