‘…’Hubris’, describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride…
‘…or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, often in combination with arrogance.
“The term arrogance comes from the Latin ‘adrogare’, meaning ‘to feel that one has a right…
“…to demand certain attitudes and behaviors from other people’".
“‘To arrogate means ‘to claim or seize without justification’.
“According to studies, hubris, arrogance, and pretension are related to the need for ‘victory’ …
“…even if it does not always mean winning.
“Hubris is usually perceived as a characteristic of an individual rather than a group…
“…although the group the offender belongs to may suffer collateral consequences from wrongful acts.
“Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation…
“…of one's own competence, accomplishments, and capabilities…”
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