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- noun The state or condition of being
prestigious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.
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Examples
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The prestigiousness of mediocre objects of this kind is solely due to the fact that they have been placed, however briefly, at the center of social life and hailed as a revelation of the unfathomable purposes of production.
2009 September 2009
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The prestigiousness of mediocre objects of this kind is solely due to the fact that they have been placed, however briefly, at the center of social life and hailed as a revelation of the unfathomable purposes of production.
The Society of the Spectacle – Guy Debord (translated by Ken Knabb) 2009
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Is it the economy, is it fuel prices, is it (that) some of the prestigiousness of the event has worn off?
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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