prideworthy

adj

adj

Etymology From pride + -worthy.

Worthy of pride or of being proud.

Many adolescents go through a crisis when this kind of simple pride in a cherished group collides with appraisal-based evidence that the actions of the group are not all that pride-worthy (for me, it was the Boy Scouts).2013, Roger Giner-Sorolla, Judging Passions: Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups:

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