The definition of pride... 200 years ago

The definition of pride today is very different from that of pride and prejudice. It seems that in the book pride is what we call ego. Quotes such as “Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence” in chapter eight and behavior as those Mr. Darcy presents are the perfect example of a great ego. For example, at the beginning of the book Mr. Darcy declines to dance with any of the girls at the dance organized for Mr. Bingley since he believes none of the women there were a match to him. Being Argentinean, I can identify ego when I see it, and in this book, when they refer to pride they are talking about the ego. Definition of pride 200 years ago: EGO