badge of honor/pride

noun phrase

: a mark or expression of pride

He wore his ethnic heritage as a badge of honor/pride.

Examples of badge of honor/pride in a Sentence

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Achieving an impact badge of honor like B Corp certification remains a source of credibility and accountability for our social and environmental efforts. —Tom Hileman, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

From insult to badge of pride for young Latinos How Tucson's Maria Urquides changed US schooling to become the mother of bilingual education Phoenix City Council last appointed members in 2018, when former councilmembers Kate Gallego and Daniel Valenzuela resigned their seats to run for mayor. —Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024

While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers. —Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024

But in recent years, support for Taiwan has become a badge of honor for officials keen to show their tough stance on China. —Cate Cadell, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024

In the right circumstances, is being a reality TV villain becoming a badge of honor? —Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2023

Only the worst behavior is supposed to trigger the disqualification finding that removes a president’s fate from the voters’ judgment — though our modern, moronic politics has done its best to trivialize impeachment into a partisan censure that, naturally, the target wears as a badge of honor. —Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023

Now, presidential candidates and lawyers seeking state- and district-attorney posts wear their determination to wield police powers for partisan ends as a badge of honor — what should be a disqualification has become a platform. —Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023

He was woke before it was briefly appropriated in mainstream parlance as a liberal badge of honor. —Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023