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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4805773" data-attributes="member: 18222">I&#039;m finding it hard to buy into the Hubris bit. The traditional use of hubris is in relation is excessive pride.Definitely inconsiderate and maybe overbearing.If your Dad was displaying excess pride, then hubris makes more sense.Hubris (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank">/ˈhjuːbrɪs/</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" target="_blank">ancient Greek</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%95%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82" target="_blank">ὕβρις</a>) describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride" target="_blank">pride</a> or dangerous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence" target="_blank">overconfidence</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> often in combination with (or synonymous with) <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arrogance" target="_blank">arrogance</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris#cite_note-Picone-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4805773, member: 18222"] I'm finding it hard to buy into the [B]Hubris[/B] bit. The traditional use of hubris is in relation is excessive pride. Definitely inconsiderate and maybe overbearing. If your Dad was displaying excess pride, then hubris makes more sense. [B]Hubris[/B] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English']/ˈhjuːbrɪs/[/URL], from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek']ancient Greek[/URL] [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%95%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82']ὕβρις[/URL]) describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride']pride[/URL] or dangerous [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence']overconfidence[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] often in combination with (or synonymous with) [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arrogance']arrogance[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris#cite_note-Picone-2'][2][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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