What is a behavioral metonymy for pride?

What is a behavioral metonymy for pride?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in English in which a reference to the behavior of a person experiencing pride stands for that emotion.

Kinds
	What is a boasting-for-pride metonymy? What is a chest-out-for-pride metonymy? What is a form-of-walking-for-pride metonymy? What is a head-held-high-for-pride metonymy? What is an ostentatious-behavior-for-pride metonymy? What is a thinking-oneself-unique-for-pride metonymy?

Generic
	A behavioral metonymy for pride is a kind of
	What is a behavioral-reactions-for-emotion metonymy?

Context for this page:

Concept module: behavioral metonymy for pride
In modular book: Metonymies 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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