Pride

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Pride is a human secondary emotion that constitutes a sense of satisfaction with one's identity, performance, or accomplishments. It may be considered the opposite of shame or of humility,^[1] and, depending on context, may be considered a virtue or vice. Pride may refer to a content sense of attachment toward one's own or another's choices and actions, or one's belonging to a group of people. Typically, it is a product of praise, independent self-reflection and a fulfilled feeling of belonging. Other possible objects of pride are one's ethnicity and one's sexual identity (for example, LGBTQ pride). It may also refer to foolhardiness^[2] or a corrupt, irrational sense of one's personal value, status, or accomplishments^[3] and is often in this sense used synonymously with hubris or vanity.

While some philosophers such as Aristotle (and George Bernard Shaw) consider pride (but not hubris) a profound virtue, some world religions consider pride as a form^[4] of sin, as stated in Proverbs 11:2 of the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, pride is called the root of all evil. When viewed as a virtue, pride in one's abilities is known as virtuous pride, greatness of soul, or magnanimity, but when viewed as a vice, it is often known to be self-idolatry, sadistic contempt or vainglory.^[5]