Pride vs. Rebellion

Pridenoun

The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.

Rebellionnoun

(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

‘The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.’;

Pridenoun

(often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.

‘He took pride in his work.’; ‘He had pride of ownership in his department.’;

Rebellionnoun

(countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

‘Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.’;

Pridenoun

Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris.

Rebellionnoun

(countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

‘The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.’;

Pridenoun

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.

Rebellionnoun

The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.

‘No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it.’;

Pridenoun

Show; ostentation; glory.

Rebellionnoun

Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

Pridenoun

Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,

Rebellionnoun

refusal to accept some authority or code or convention;

‘each generation must have its own rebellion’; ‘his body was in rebellion against fatigue’;

Pridenoun

Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.

Rebellionnoun

organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Pridenoun

Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.

Rebellionnoun

an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader

‘the authorities put down a rebellion by landless colonials’; ‘the Bretons rose in rebellion against the King’;

Pridenoun

A company of lions or other large felines.

‘A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.’;

Rebellionnoun

the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention

‘an act of teenage rebellion’;

Pridenoun

(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority.A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation.

Pridenoun

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Prideverb

(reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.

‘I pride myself on being a good judge of character.’;

Pridenoun

A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); - called also prid, and sandpiper.

Pridenoun

The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

‘Those that walk in pride he is able to abase.’; ‘Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.’;

Pridenoun

A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; - in a good sense.

‘Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.’; ‘A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.’;

Pridenoun

Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.

‘Let not the foot of pride come against me.’; ‘That hardly we escaped the pride of France.’;

Pridenoun

That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.

‘Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride.’; ‘I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.’; ‘A bold peasantry, their country's pride.’;

Pridenoun

Show; ostentation; glory.

‘Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.’;

Pridenoun

Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.

‘A falcon, towering in her pride of place.’;

Pridenoun

Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.

Prideverb

To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; - used reflexively.

‘Pluming and priding himself in all his services.’;

Prideverb

To be proud; to glory.

Pridenoun

a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

Pridenoun

satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements;

‘he takes pride in his son's success’;

Pridenoun

the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards

Pridenoun

a group of lions

Pridenoun

unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Prideverb

be proud of;

‘He prides himself on making it into law school’;

Pride

Pride is positive emotional response or attitude to something with an intimate connection to oneself, due to its perceived value. Oxford defines it amongst other things as This may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or one's country.

‘the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance’;