Today’s “Word of the Day” is “hubris“ and it is a noun meaning “feeling of superiority, excessive self-importance, excessive pride, excessive self-confidence/self-glory, overconfidence, arrogance”.
Example Sentence: In his televised address this week, Mr Biden announced that nearly 10,000 US and Nato troops – including 750 from the UK – will start pulling out (of Afghanistan) within weeks… Mr Biden’s decision marks the death of a particular kind of American hubris.
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on the Afghanistan withdrawal: an unwinnable war and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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