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REPUTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The general estimation that the public has for a person
Example:
he was a person of bad report
Synonyms:
report; reputation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reputation" is a kind of...):
estimate; estimation (the respect with which a person is held)
Derivation:
repute (look on as or consider)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being held in high esteem and honor
Synonyms:
reputation; repute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("reputation" is a kind of...):
honor; honour; laurels (the state of being honored)
Attribute:
reputable (having a good reputation)
disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reputation"):
black eye (a bad reputation)
stock (the reputation and popularity a person has)
character (good repute)
name (a person's reputation)
fame (favorable public reputation)
Derivation:
repute (look on as or consider)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Notoriety for some particular characteristic
Example:
his reputation for promiscuity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("reputation" is a kind of...):
ill fame; notoriety (the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality)
Derivation:
repute (look on as or consider)
Context examples:
To reduce the risks, make sure that the facility is clean, safe and has a good reputation.
(Piercing and Tattoos, NIH)
My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation sat under shelter.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For my part, I was thinking of our opponent’s deadly reputation as a duellist, and I suppose that my features must have betrayed my feelings, for my uncle began to laugh.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He has the reputation of being hot-headed and imperious, but a straight, honest man.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But it was one of her progeny who blasted Maria's reputation by announcing that the grand visitors had been for her lodger.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But his reputation was made, and from that day his name spread through every camp in Alaska.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He is greatly disgusted with the outlook, and I am given to understand that Wolf Larsen bears a very unsavoury reputation among the sealing captains.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I was filled with anxiety about Lucy, not only for her health, lest she should suffer from the exposure, but for her reputation in case the story should get wind.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She was not much deceived as to her own skill either as an artist or a musician, but she was not unwilling to have others deceived, or sorry to know her reputation for accomplishment often higher than it deserved.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
