hamartia

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἁμαρτία (hamartía, “tragic failure, sinful nature”), from the verb ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həˈmɑː.ti.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhæˌmɑɹˈtiː.ə/, /ˌhɑːˌmɑɹˈtiː.ə/ Rhymes: -iːə === Noun === hamartia (usually uncountable, plural hamartias) (Greek drama) The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy. (Christianity) Sin. (pathology) A focal malformation consisting of disorganized arrangement of tissue types. Coordinate term: hamartoma ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hubris peripeteia === References === “hamartia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “hamartia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Mata Hari