Talk:hubris

What on earth is "overweening"?

Question about the overweening question...

Overweening - Showing excessive confidence or pride. I'm not sure where you saw that word or if you were commenting because you didn't see it listed as a synonym...it appears to me these two words are interchangeable. — This comment was unsigned.

Except that overweening is an adjective and hubris is a noun. "Overweening" is usually relative to other humans. One could have hubris (directed toward the gods, not humans) and not be overbearing. DCDuring TALK 23:13, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

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hubris

Rfd-redundant: "Unchecked arrogance" is, for the purpose of this entry, the same as "excessive arrogance" (sense 1). TeleComNasSprVen 19:38, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Delete in absence of supporting citations for a separate sense. It sounds identical. Equinox ◑ 20:32, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Delete, same. --Mglovesfun (talk) 12:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Is this supposed to mean a tendency "unchecked" by the hubristic person himself, consistent with "hubris" being a mental state, or "unchecked" by the gods or society, consistent with "hubris" being a kind of behavior?

Apparently, in ancient Greek the term referred to behavior and was even used as a legal term. It would be interesting to see when the term picked up its psychological sense. It apparently has been in use in English only since the late 19th century.

Both senses of this entry would benefit from some citations. DCDuring TALK 14:22, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Deleted sense. --EncycloPetey 21:09, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Why "hubris" and not "hybris" ?

Why does this word appear with "u" rather than the expected "y" in English and several other European languages? (Others like German and Danish do have "y".) 178.4.151.88 02:56, 23 August 2021 (UTC)