Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being respectable; the condition or qualities which deserve or command respect.
- noun A respectable person or thing; a specimen or type of what is respectable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
respectable . - noun The
class of respectable people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Can you picture her, longing -- oh, longing -- for what she calls respectability?
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That kind of respectability is not what my work is for, and never will be.
Why Science Fiction Authors Can't Win Lou Anders 2009
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Yet the notion of "respectability" is on the rise.
Graffiti: the wry humor of Mexico City street stencil art 2009
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Yet the notion of "respectability" is on the rise.
Graffiti: the wry humor of Mexico City street stencil art 2009
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I'd say it's pretty clear that respectability is not going to be theirs ... ever.
GUEST POST: Jennifer Brissett Weighs in on the Writer Pay Rate Flap 2009
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Their position in the zodiac of respectability is pretty much locked in, barring a huge meltdown.
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This version of respectability is deeply informed by class.
Jonathan Weiler: America's Elites Further Separate Themselves From Everyone Else Jonathan Weiler 2010
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I think she's shown that attempting to bring our nation back to respectability is not tops on her priority list & Obama has continuously shown that it's his top priority.
Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics 2008
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As I've said before, literary respectability is in the process of taking care of itself.
Archive 2007-04-01 Lou Anders 2007
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As I've said before, literary respectability is in the process of taking care of itself.
More Thoughts on the Cassandra Ghetto Lou Anders 2007
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