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respectability

[ri-spek-tuh-bil-i-tee]

noun

plural

respectabilities 
  1. the state or quality of being respectable.

  2. respectable social standing, character, or reputation.

  3. a respectable person or persons.

  4. respectabilities, things accepted as respectable.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonrespectability noun
  • prerespectability noun
  • semirespectability noun
  • superrespectability noun
  • unrespectability noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of respectability1

First recorded in 1775–85; respectable + -ity
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So how did he brilliantly succeed where other directors only managed earnest respectability?

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The exhibition is divided into 12 conceptual sections: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool and cosmopolitanism.

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There may be no way back to respectability for a supposedly major nation, let alone a global power, after “Vladimir, STOP!”

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The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and social commentary.

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Colleen Dolan, an education expert with expertise in Stephen King film adaptations, tells Salon, “B***hery gets them out of the straightjacket of respectability, what Betty Friedan had called the ‘feminine mystique.’

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