point of pride

noun

Something which produces a feeling of self-satisfaction, especially an admirable personal characteristic or accomplishment.

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Meanings

nounpoint of pride (plural points of pride)

plural points of pride

  1. Something which produces a feeling of self-satisfaction, especially an admirable personal characteristic or accomplishment.

    It is a point of pride for us, military and civilian alike, that we take the utmost care to avoid "collateral damage."

    2003 March 27, John Derbyshire, “Ten Points on the War”, in National Review Online, USA
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    It is a point of pride to a Beacon Hill resident if he can say that he was born on the Hill or was at least raised there.

    1945, Walter Firey, “Sentiment and Symbolism as Ecological Variables”, in American Sociological Review, volume 10, number 2, page 141
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