<p><strong>Defensive Pride</strong> I would say match your question title.</p>

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2014-07-24T16:39:51.217Z
Do you know where can I find some info? I tried a fast research but if you could add some info I would really appreciate.
Revious
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I juste made that up but it fits the description for me. I guess you will not find much more info about this.
Nicolas Manzini
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There's plenty out there on pride and defensiveness as separate constructs. Doesn't need to be just one thing!
Nick Stauner
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Nicolas Manzini
<p>Some persons gets really annoyed if we try to demonstrate our thesis to them or to put in light that they are behaving in a childish way. </p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie" rel="nofollow">Dale Carnegie</a>, in his most famous book: <code>How to win friends and influence people</code>, wrote that it's almost completely unuseful to try to criticize others even if we are completely right. Even if we are trying to help them. The psychological reason behind is that we hurt their self-esteem / ego.</p>

<p>But when does this come to be extreme? When people are extremely stubborn and any attempt to change their mind or to show a different point of view becomes like a fight with them? 
(Of course this definition is usually related to some of their belief on which they can become oversensitive).</p>

<p>It can happen when they have a strong need to confirm their beliefs, but also if their belief is that to insist is disrespectful. </p>

<p>I think this trait is very frequent in Narcyssistic (which thinks to be super rational).</p>

<p>This trait can be explicitated both in an <strong>aggressive</strong> way and in a <strong>passive resistence.</strong> The description provided by wikipedia:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In psychology, passive-aggressive behavior is characterized by a
  habitual pattern of passive resistance to expected work requirements,
  opposition, stubbornness, and negativistic attitudes in response to
  requirements for normal performance levels expected of others. Most
  frequently it occurs in the workplace where resistance is exhibited by
  such indirect behaviors as procrastination, forgetfulness, and
  purposeful inefficiency, especially in reaction to demands by
  authority figures, but it can also occur in interpersonal contexts.</p>
</blockquote>

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Is there a formal name for "I'm right, don't try to challenge me" / "if you push against me I will be 100x more stubborn" personality trait?
Revious
# Is there a formal name for "I'm right, don't try to challenge me" / "if you push against me I will be 100x more stubborn" personality trait?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-16)

Some persons gets really annoyed if we try to demonstrate our thesis to them or to put in light that they are behaving in a childish way.

[Dale Carnegie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie), in his most famous book: `How to win friends and influence people`, wrote that it's almost completely unuseful to try to criticize others even if we are completely right. Even if we are trying to help them. The psychological reason behind is that we hurt their self-esteem / ego.

But when does this come to be extreme? When people are extremely stubborn and any attempt to change their mind or to show a different point of view becomes like a fight with them?
(Of course this definition is usually related to some of their belief on which they can become oversensitive).

It can happen when they have a strong need to confirm their beliefs, but also if their belief is that to insist is disrespectful.

I think this trait is very frequent in Narcyssistic (which thinks to be super rational).

This trait can be explicitated both in an **aggressive** way and in a **passive resistence.** The description provided by wikipedia:

> In psychology, passive-aggressive behavior is characterized by a
> habitual pattern of passive resistance to expected work requirements,
> opposition, stubbornness, and negativistic attitudes in response to
> requirements for normal performance levels expected of others. Most
> frequently it occurs in the workplace where resistance is exhibited by
> such indirect behaviors as procrastination, forgetfulness, and
> purposeful inefficiency, especially in reaction to demands by
> authority figures, but it can also occur in interpersonal contexts.

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, clinical-psychology


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

**Defensive Pride** I would say match your question title.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Do you know where can I find some info? I tried a fast research but if you could add some info I would really appreciate.  
> **username_1**: I juste made that up but it fits the description for me. I guess you will not find much more info about this.  
> **username_2**: There's plenty out there on pride and defensiveness as separate constructs. Doesn't need to be just one thing!  

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