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Pride refers to the quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. It commonly describes proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris, that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc, and show; ostentation; glory, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,, consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness, and lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Pride as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language.

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