SELF-PRIDE Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

self-pride

noun

Definition of self-pride

as in self-confidence

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Recent Examples of self-pride And DeSantis’ two stops in this early-voting state last week offered an early glimpse into whether Iowans actually want to be more like Florida — and the pitch played well, even in a state with a lot of political self-pride. — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023

Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-pride

Noun

But taking charge can cause kids to shut down and hurt their self-confidence.

— Juli Fraga, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Her experience at the club is helping boost her self-confidence, Sharaya said.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of self-confidence

Noun

Jonesboro is 2-0 for the first time since 2019 and should have four quarters of confidence after back-to-back one-score wins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
To reach the quarterfinals in New York, Zheng had to accept her newfound station in tennis — not to abandon her confidence for the sake of humility, but to combine her natural self-belief with acceptance of her reality and a new perspective.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of confidence

Noun

The 25-year-old from California opened the final with some swagger, popping four aces in the first game, but his self-assurance quickly ebbed.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The most consistent signature across her growing catalogue is her self-assurance as a performer.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of self-assurance

Noun

The optimizers have all the money; the empaths only really have one another—and the assurance, however fleeting, that there are more of us than there are of them.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
The Membership programme, launched in 2025, offers multiple tiers designed to support different levels of assurance, insight and control.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of assurance

Noun

But for all that pain, there was pride to be had on days that marked major changes in the country’s history, all launched from the Space Coast.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
For those who take pride in their pouty lips (or their ability to talk their way out of just about anything), a swipe of lipstick and nothing else is a cool way to look put together without the hustle of actually putting yourself together.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pride

Noun

Steven Soderbergh gave her a story about passing out at Clooney’s 40th-birthday party, an embarrassing moment the star smoothed over with his trademark aplomb.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
No other designer has synthesized erotic tension with such aplomb since Ford himself.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026