pride.

1. Pleasure in one's qualities, achievements, or associations.

2. An inflated view of one's importance that makes humility or concession difficult.

3. A social group of lions.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• take pride
• civic pride

On the page

She took pride in the care of her research.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.