Each of us is aware of the seven deadly sins. Regardless of whether a believer or not, none of the vices will lead him to anything good. Along with envy, anger and greed is pride. Many people confuse this concept with pride, believing that there is no difference between them. Let's try to figure out how and how these two words differ, whether the difference is great. First of all, let's find out what pride is, how it can be characterized.
Word interpretation
According to the explanatory dictionaries, pride can be defined as:
- Self esteem, self esteem.
- Feeling of satisfaction from any action.
- High self-esteem, arrogance, arrogance.
As you can see, on the one hand, this is a positive feeling that a person experiences in relation to himself and others. On the other hand, this concept is negative, since a proud person exalts himself, thereby belittling other people. So what is pride? Is this good or bad? And can this feeling be called good or bad at all? It all depends on what underlies the concept in question. If this is a person’s talent, his industriousness and success, then the feeling of pride is well deserved. It brings joy and positive emotions to both the person himself and others. However, it often happens that the feeling mentioned is experienced without any reason. For example, beautiful girls often exalt themselves and humiliate those who are less fortunate in this regard. Data from the nature of quality should not cause a feeling like pride. The meaning of the word in this case will be negative.
Different understanding of one word
The same concept at different times can have both positive and negative meanings. A prime example of this is national pride. In most cases, this feeling is welcome. It refers to the love and affection of a person to his country, the willingness to protect and defend common interests. However, history can also give quite tragic examples of the use of this concept: Germany in the 30-40s (the idea of the superiority of the "higher nation"), the British Empire in the 19th century (the idea of the "burden of a white man") and so on. What is pride in this case, if not a sense of superiority of representatives of one nation, race over other people? As the sad experience of past generations has shown, it does not bring anything good.
Pride and its companions
The meaning of the word pride and pride are similar, but they also have significant differences. In modern society, the concept of "pride" is used extremely rarely. It is replaced by similar terms in meaning: arrogance, ambitiousness, arrogance, vanity, selfishness. Thus, we see that there is nothing positive in the meaning of this word. Unlike pride, it has only a negative connotation. Among the qualities inherent in pride, it may be noted: hypocrisy, vanity, moodiness, stubbornness and arrogance. And also suspiciousness, uncontrollability, fussiness, pickiness, selfishness and audacity. In addition, a person exposed to this mortal sin is inherent in resentment, temper, lust for power, a tendency to harsh criticism, envy and rancor. You can also call such negative traits as intransigence and cruelty, causticism, rejection of generally accepted norms and authorities.
What is pride and what is pride?
These two concepts can have the opposite meaning. And at the same time be equally negative. To understand, you need to know what caused these or other feelings and aspirations:
- Arrogance, arrogance, arrogance, pride, arrogance - all this suggests that a person wants to gain power and despises people who have a lower social status.
- Ambition and ambitiousness are signs that a person seeks to achieve more, to move up the career ladder.
- Insolence, arrogance, impudence, selfishness and unceremoniousness testify to a person’s readiness to pursue his interests at any cost, without looking back at others.