hubris
C1CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister
General noun
Excessive pride or self-confidence that invites downfall.
The hubris of the incumbents cost them the election.
Business noun
Excessive self-confidence that leads a firm to overreach and ignore warning signs.
Corporate hubris after a decade of success blinded the board to the threat until it was fatal.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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