Defiance and Pride

Defiance

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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Pride and defiance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pride" instead a noun "Defiance".

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Pride noun - A reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance.

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Defiance and pride are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Pride".

Nearby Words: prided, priding

pure	pure defiance	pure pride
stubborn	stubborn defiance	stubborn pride
true	true defiance	true pride
sheer	sheer defiance	sheer pride
Other adjectives: great, apparent, racial, stoic.

Since Dragaerans cannot grow facial hair, it's a statement of racial pride and defiance.

Source: Literature / Dragaera
Related to Ain't Too Proud to Beg, but this trope is more about paying any price, while the other is more about giving up pride and defiance.

Source: Please, I Will Do Anything!
In an open defiance of convention, the one female in the group isn't lust; Raven instead filled the "pride" slot.

Source: Seven Deadly Sins

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