What is a pride-as-person metaphor?

What is a pride-as-person metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which pride is personified.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	His criticism hurt her pride. They humbled his pride. His pride revolted against the treatment he received. His national pride was awakened by the stupid comments.

Kinds
	Here is a kind of a pride-as-person metaphor:
	What is a pride-as-a-superior metaphor?

Generic
	A pride-as-person metaphor is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for pride?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: pride-as-person metaphor
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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