Hubris

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~ HUBRIS  id+ | AN EXCESS OF SELF ESTEEM |
          implicit in IMPUDENT IMPERTINENT
  ARROGANCE                     see> PRIDE
  COCKSURE                      sug> VAIN
  gr HUBRIS = EXCESS in PRIDE   sug> COCKY
  for more etymology  see> PIG  see> SOW
  lit+ from OVID [#] in Metamorphoses [13] XV 871
       " ... NOW STANDS MY TASK ACCOMPLISHED
       SUCH A WORK 
  AS NEITHER THE WRATH OF JOVE
  NOR FIRE
  NOR SWORD
  NOR THE DEVOURING AGES CAN DESTROY ...
  MAY FAME SHALL LIVE TO ALL ETERNITY ...
  biol> NOTE LINK OF HUBRIS WITH A HYBRID
        rooted in the ROMAN HABIT OF CROSSING OR
  HYBRIDIZING DOMESTIC PIGS WITH A BOAR
  ply> | A PIG BEHAVING AS A BOAR HAS LOTS OF HUBRIS |
  ply> | HUMAN HUBRIS IS TRANSFERRED TO PIG SWINE HOG |
  lit+ " THE HUBRIS OF THE AGE ... A PANACHE .. "
  hx> IN RECENT TIMES ABUNDANT HUBRIS WAS FOUND
      IN AMATEUR STATESMEN WHO THOUGHT THAT
  SUCCESS IN WALL STREET WAS AN ENTITLEMENT TO ...
  MANAGE "THE AMERICAN CENTURY" AFTER THE VICTORY
  OF WORLD WAR II        sug> KENNEDY  BISSELL etc
  HUBRIS led to the FAILED WARS IN KOREA and VIET NAM
  augmented by FAILED SOCIAL POLICIES or "WARS"
  AGAINST POVERTY  DRUGS  CRIME  AIDS  CANCER  etc