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Phrase: nemesis

Meaning: retribution

Language of Origin: Greek

Additional Information: More broadly used today to mean undoing or comeuppance.

Example: “In the end, the press itself proved to be his nemesis.”

Other Phrases of Greek Origin

Language Phrase Meaning
Greek bathos anticlimax
Greek Eureka! I’ve found it!
Greek hoi polloi the masses
Greek hubris pride, arrogance
Greek nemesis retribution