Words that rhyme with hubristic

adj 1: of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece 2: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical, combative] 3: struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" [syn: agonistic, strained]

adj 1: chronologically misplaced; "English public schools are anachronistic" [syn: anachronic, anachronous, anachronistic]

adj 1: of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism

adj 1: of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism [syn: animist, animistic]

adj 1: indicating opposition or resistance [syn: antagonistic, counter] 2: characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party" [syn: antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical] 3: arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States" [ant: conciliative, conciliatory] 4: used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect [syn: antagonistic, incompatible] [ant: interactive, synergistic] 5: incapable of harmonious association

adj 1: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn: axiomatic, aphoristic] 2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" [syn: aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic]

adj 1: characteristic of an atavist [syn: atavistic, throwback(a)]

adj 1: divided into separate and often disparate elements [syn: atomistic, atomistical] [ant: holistic]

adj 1: of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology" [syn: behavioristic, behaviorist, behaviouristic, behaviourist]

adj 1: typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra" [ant: uncharacteristic] n 1: a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" [syn: feature, characteristic] 2: a distinguishing quality 3: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 4: any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions [syn: characteristic, device characteristic]

adj 1: of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind 2: fanatically patriotic [syn: chauvinistic, flag-waving(a), jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic]

adj 1: subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively [syn: collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled]

adj 1: relating to or marked by communism; "Communist Party"; "communist governments"; "communistic propaganda" [syn: communist, communistic]

adj 1: an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes

adj 1: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative]

adj 1: characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance [syn: egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving] 2: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self- conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]

adj 1: given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments [syn: eristic, eristical] n 1: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic] 2: the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

adj 1: formally expressing praise [syn: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical]

adj 1: substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn: euphemistic, inoffensive] [ant: dysphemistic, offensive]

adj 1: compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior

adj 1: of or relating to expressionism; "expressionist art" [syn: expressionist, expressionistic]

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of fascism; "fascist propaganda" [syn: fascist, fascistic]

adj 1: of or relating to futurism; "futurist art" [syn: futuristic, futurist]

adj 1: devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" [syn: hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean]

adj 1: of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation [ant: algorithmic] n 1: a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem [syn: heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program]

adj 1: of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas [syn: humanist, humanistic] 2: of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning" [syn: humanistic, humanist] 3: pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" [syn: humanist, humanistic, humane] 4: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species" [syn: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian]

adj 1: of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning; "a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition"; "she had impressionistic memories of her childhood" 2: relating to or characteristic of Impressionism; "impressionist music" [syn: impressionist, impressionistic]

adj 1: lacking aesthetic sensibility; [syn: inartistic, unartistic]

adj 1: of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations [syn: jural, juristic]

adj 1: consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: linguistic, lingual] [ant: nonlinguistic] 2: of or relating to the scientific study of language; "linguistic theory"

adj 1: of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements" [syn: logistic, logistical]

adj 1: deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated [ant: sadistic]

adj 1: explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe" 2: of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism

adj 1: imbued with militarism

adj 1: hating women in particular [syn: misogynous, misogynistic]

adj 1: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; [syn: mod, modern, modernistic]

adj 1: characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance [syn: egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving]

adj 1: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit [syn: opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving]

adj 1: expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view" [ant: pessimistic] 2: expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn: affirmative, optimistic]

adj 1: of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers [syn: patristic, patristical]

adj 1: expecting the worst possible outcome [ant: optimistic]

adj 1: copied and passed off as your own; "used plagiarized data in his thesis"; "a work dotted with plagiarized phrases" [syn: plagiaristic, plagiarized, plagiarised]

adj 1: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivist, positivistic, positive]

adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by propaganda [syn: propagandist, propagandistic]

adj 1: of or relating to the psychology of language

adj 1: relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity; "relativistic quantum mechanics"; "relativistic increase in mass"; "radiation from relativistic particles" 2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism

adj 1: deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another [ant: masochistic]

adj 1: of or relating to sadomasochism; "sadomasochistic sexual practices"

adj 1: of or pertaining to sophists 2: plausible but misleading [syn: sophistic, sophistical]

n 1: a datum that can be represented numerically

adj 1: of or relating to or consisting of syllogism; "syllogistic reasoning"

adj 1: used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) [syn: synergistic, interactive] [ant: antagonistic, incompatible] 2: of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism 3: working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect; "a synergistic effect" [syn: synergetic, synergistic]

adj 1: of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism; "his voyeuristic pleasures" [syn: voyeuristic, voyeuristical]

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization [syn: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hellenistical]

adj 1: of or relating to the aorist tense

adj 1: written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content

adj 1: lacking aesthetic sensibility; [syn: inartistic, unartistic]