 With a negative connotation "pride" refers to a foolishly and irrationally corrupt sense of one's personal value, status or accomplishments, used synonymously with hubris.With a positive connotation, "pride" refers to a content sense of attachment toward one's own or another's choices and actions, or toward a whole group of people, and is a product of praise, independent self-reflection, and a fulfilled feeling of belonging.Philosophers and social psychologists have noted that pride is a complex secondary emotion which requires the development of a sense of self and the mastery of relevant conceptual distinctions (e.g.