Pride and Selfishness

Pride

Pride noun - An often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements.

Usage example: so full of pride that they were ripe for a big comedown

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Selfishness and pride are semantically related in self topic. In some cases you can use "Selfishness" instead a noun "Pride".

Nearby Words: prided, priding

Selfishness noun - Excessive interest in oneself.

Usage example: the only reason for constantly ignoring everyone else's problems is selfishness

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Pride and selfishness are semantically related in self topic. Sometimes you can use "Pride" instead a noun "Selfishness".

Nearby Words: selfish, self, selfishly

human	human pride	human selfishness
pure	pure pride	pure selfishness
true	true pride	true selfishness
genuine	genuine pride	genuine selfishness
Other adjectives: sheer, extreme, arrogant, inner, supreme, apparent, racial.

Incubi give people nightmares and try to influence them to increase the amount of pride and selfishness in the world.

Source: Film / Ink
Invincible Hero: Ivan, especially after he loses his pride and selfishness.

Source: Film / Morozko
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory runs on this with regard to the four naughty kids — their selfishness, pride, etc.

Source: Laser-Guided Karma

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