Pride and Showing off

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

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Showing off and pride are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Showing off" instead a noun "Pride".

Nearby Words: prided, priding

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Pride and showing off are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pride" instead a noun phrase "Showing off".

Tygra is compulsed to act aggressive and always be showing off against Lion-O to alleviate his shame and fuel his pride, but it really only keeps making it worse.

Source: Analysis / ThunderCats (2011)
Pride had a clever twist where Prue was unable to purge herself of the sin - as any heroic act she did would just be her showing off how selfless she was.

Source: Series / Charmed
House manages to have a few of these in the pilot, showing off his assholishness ("Brain tumor, she's gonna die, boring"), his pride ("Patients don't want a sick doctor") and his need to butt into other people's lives.

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Live-Action TV

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