badge of honor/pride
noun phrase
: a mark or expression of pride
He wore his ethnic heritage as a badge of honor/pride.
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Organizations tend to reward longer hours and employees often see busyness as a badge of honor.
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Paula Davis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
For many of his followers, the booking photo has morphed into a kind of badge of honor, emblematic of Trump’s narrative of political persecution.
—Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025
But now, a new TikTok trend is revealing that some people with the badge of honor have some questionable behavior, to say the least.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
The congressman wore his losses as a badge of honor.
—Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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Paula Davis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
For many of his followers, the booking photo has morphed into a kind of badge of honor, emblematic of Trump’s narrative of political persecution.
—Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025
But now, a new TikTok trend is revealing that some people with the badge of honor have some questionable behavior, to say the least.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
The congressman wore his losses as a badge of honor.
—Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Badge of honor/pride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badge%20of%20honor%2Fpride. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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