Definition

Noun: * Pride in your city or community: A feeling of satisfaction, pleasure, and loyalty that people have towards the city, town, or community in which they live. It involves a sense of shared responsibility and a desire to contribute to its well-being and appearance.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The beautiful parks and clean streets are a source of great civic pride for the residents.
  • Volunteering to clean up the local beach is an act of civic pride.
  • The new library was built not just as a facility, but to foster civic pride.

Advanced Usage

• "A sense of civic pride": A common collocation emphasizing the feeling or emotion.
  • The festival is designed to build a sense of civic pride among young people.
• "Instill civic pride": To deliberately encourage or develop this feeling in others.
  • The mayor's initiative aims to instill civic pride through public art projects.

Variants and Related Words

• Civic-minded (adj): Interested in and concerned about the well-being of one's community.
  • She is a very civic-minded person who always votes and volunteers.
• Civic duty (n): A responsibility expected of a member of a community, such as voting or jury duty.
  • He considered serving on the jury his civic duty.

Synonyms

• Community spirit: The feeling of belonging and caring for the people in one's local area.
• Local patriotism: Loyalty and devotion to one's own town or region.

Related Phrases

• Take pride in one's community: To feel pleased and satisfied with the area where one lives.
  • We should all take pride in our community and help keep it clean.

Noun

1. pride in your city