PRIDEFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A feeling of self-respect and personal worth

Synonyms:

pride; pridefulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("pridefulness" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pridefulness"):

dignity; self-regard; self-respect; self-worth (the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect)

self-esteem; self-pride (a feeling of pride in yourself)

ego; egotism; self-importance (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others)

amour propre; conceit; self-love; vanity (feelings of excessive pride)

Derivation:

prideful (joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success)