Pride of mischief-maker in home counties joining revolutionary encounters (4-6)
I believe the answer is:
self-esteem
'pride' is the definition.
(I know that self-esteem is a type of pride)
'mischief-maker in home counties joining revolutionary encounters' is the wordplay.
'mischief maker' becomes 'elf' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'home counties' becomes 'se' (Home Counties in the South East of England).
'joining revolutionary' becomes 'steem' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'encounters' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'elf' placed inside 'se' is 'selfe'.
'selfe'+'steem'='SELF-ESTEEM'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for self-esteem that I've seen is " Confidence in one's own abilities and worth".)