Prestige

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prestige \Pres"tige\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. praestigum
     delusion, illusion, praestigae deceptions, jugglers' tricks,
     prob. fr. prae before + the root of stinguere to extinguish,
     originally, to prick. See {Stick}, v.]
     1. Delusion; illusion; trick. [Obs.]
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              The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of
              imposture.                            --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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     2. Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation
        of future achievements founded on those already
        accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged
        character or reputation. "The prestige of his name must go
        for something." --Sir G. C. Lewis.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prestige
       n : a high standing achieved through success or influence or
           wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"
           [syn: {prestigiousness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  132 Moby Thesaurus words for "prestige":
     accomplishment, admiration, adoration, apotheosis, appreciation,
     approbation, approval, ascendancy, authority, awe,
     breathless adoration, cachet, celebrity, charisma, charm, clout,
     consequence, consideration, control, courtesy, credit, deanship,
     deference, deification, dignity, distinction, dominance,
     domination, duty, effect, eminence, enchantment, esteem,
     estimation, exaggerated respect, excellence, face, fame, favor,
     force, glamor, glory, good feeling, great respect, greatness,
     hero worship, high place, high regard, hold, homage, honor,
     idolatry, idolization, illustriousness, importance,
     incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality,
     influentialness, inimitability, insinuation, kudos, lead,
     leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, mastery, memorability,
     moment, notability, noteworthiness, one-upmanship, personality,
     persuasion, position, potency, power, precedence, predominance,
     predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency,
     prerogative, pressure, primacy, priority, privilege, prominence,
     purchase, rank, regard, reign, remarkableness, renown, reputation,
     repute, respect, reverence, reverential regard, right-of-way, rule,
     salience, say, seniority, significance, skill, standing, stardom,
     state, station, stature, status, suasion, subtle influence,
     success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, sway, transcendence,
     transcendency, upper hand, veneration, virtuosity, weight,
     weightiness, whip hand, worship