{
  "id": "pride.state",
  "term": "pride",
  "sense": "state",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "self-evaluation",
  "domain": "emotional",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "a self-model reporting that one's parameters are within a window where few others are, defined by a model of what is normal",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "self-model.reflexive",
      "model.representation",
      "window.range",
      "parameter.condition",
      "defines.verb",
      "others.distinct-entities",
      "report.information",
      "self.personal"
    ],
    "interaction": "The self-model uses a representation of normality to report that personal parameters fall within a rare range, producing a sense of distinctiveness.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "rarity-based self-assessment",
      "distinctiveness signaling",
      "norm-relative self-location"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 2013 USA Science and Engineering Festival drew 120,000 attendees, showcasing projects from students who scored in the top 5% on national STEM metrics.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "A peacock's tail spans 1.5 meters and requires 18 months to grow, signaling genetic fitness to potential mates in wild Indian populations.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Linux kernel maintainers accepted 12,000 patches in 2022, each reflecting a developer's contribution within the top 1% of commit frequency.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "pride"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/abstract-concepts-as-ranges.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "windows.opening (L10) is constitutive because the 'window' in 'window where few others are' is not merely a range but a bounded opening shaped by normative structure, implying selective visibility and"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pride.state"
}