pridefulness

[US]/ˈpraɪdf(ə)lnəs/
[UK]/ˈpraɪdfəlnəs/

Translation

n.The quality or state of being proud; a feeling of pride or self-respect
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his excessive pridefulness often alienated his coworkers.

she struggled to hide her pridefulness after the victory.

the king's arrogance and pridefulness led to his downfall.

there was an air of pridefulness in the way he spoke.

cultural pridefulness can sometimes hinder objective analysis.

humility is the direct opposite of pridefulness.

the coach warned against pridefulness before the championship game.

her quiet pridefulness was mistaken for arrogance by strangers.

we must avoid a sense of national pridefulness that excludes others.

his pridefulness prevented him from admitting his mistake.

the novel explores the consequences of unchecked pridefulness.

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