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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

prideworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From pride + -worthy.

Meanings

  1. 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:

Forms

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pride-worthy alternative lexicographic
most prideworthy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more prideworthy Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

pridesome · proud