Pride is a masculine noun from the Catalan term orgull which is characteristic of someone who has a exaggerated self-concept. It can also mean haughtiness, panache, prim, dignity and superb.
The word pride can have a positive or negative connotation, depending on the context and the feeling it represents. It is a pejorative term when referring to an excessive feeling of contentment that a person has about himself, according to his characteristics, qualities and actions. A proud person shows haughtiness, pride, vanity, arrogance, and may even reveal contempt towards another person. In this case, the antonym of pride is humility.
When pride refers to a person's dignity or feeling positive about another individual, pride is a positive feeling.
When someone experiences some kind of failure or is humiliated, it is normal to say that this person has the wounded pride.
Pride is an individual's satisfaction with a particular characteristic, object or attribute he has. For example: LGBT pride or straight pride.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a famous novel by British writer Jane Austen, first published in 1813. It was later adapted for film.
In what is considered by many to be one of the best novels in world literature, you can follow the main character Elizabeth Bennett, while facing various cultural challenges in an aristocratic-based society in century England XIX.
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