sense of pride

• Sense of community? Yes
• Sense of respect? Yes
• Sense of responsibility? Yes
• Sense of accomplishments? Yes
• Sense of pride? Errrr… Not really.

When people write “a sense of pride in” I think they (and you) are saying “be responsible for X so you can feel good about it”. Nothing wrong with that, and I think you’re right.

However I don’t like the phrase. Pride is the wrong emotional target. It brings with it a sense of superiority in some. There’s a reason it’s one of the deadly sins.