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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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Delusion; illusion; trick. [Obs.]
The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
--Bp. Warburton. 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "trick," from French prestige (16c.) "deceit, imposture, illusion" (in Modern French, "illusion, magic, glamour"), from Latin praestigium "delusion, illusion" (see prestigious). Derogatory until 19c.; sense of "dazzling influence" first applied 1815, to Napoleon.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) delusion; illusion; trick. 2 The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
WordNet
n. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige" [syn: prestigiousness]
Wikipedia
In sociolinguistics, prestige is the level of respect normally accorded to a specific language or dialect within a particular speech community, relative to other languages or dialects. Sociolinguistic prestige is therefore one manifestation of, or analogous to, the more general phenomenon of social stratification – especially class. In general, a language or dialect associated with an upper class has positive prestige, while a language or dialect associated with a lower class has "negative prestige". Historical examples of prestige languages include the court languages used by royal elites. At the opposite extreme, members of underclasses have often communicated in particular forms of cant.
Prestige languages/dialects are often tied closely to a standardized language/dialect, in that the latter is usually considered more prestigious within a speech community, than a language/dialect that diverges significantly from linguistic norms. However, there are many exceptions to this rule, such as Arabic, in which Egyptian Arabic is widely used in mass media aimed at international audiences, while Literary Arabic (also known as Standard Arabic) is a more prestigious form.
Sociolinguistic prestige is especially visible in situations where two or more distinct languages are in use, and in diverse, socially stratified urban areas, in which there are likely to be speakers of different languages and/or dialects interacting frequently.
The prevailing view among contemporary linguists is that regardless of perceptions that a particular dialect or language is "good/better" or "worse/bad" than its counterparts, when dialects and languages are assessed "on purely linguistic grounds, all languages — and all dialects — have equal merit".
Prestige refers to a good reputation or high esteem; in earlier usage, prestige meant "showiness". (19th c.)
Prestige may also refer to:
- Prestige (sociolinguistics), esteem in which languages or dialects are held
Prestige is an American-style lager brewed by Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti (BRANA) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is widely consumed and is the best-selling beer in Haiti with a 98% market share. So far it is the only native beer brand. Prestige beer is available in some parts of the United States and other countries. In 2011, Heineken publicly announced it acquired a controlling interest in BRANA by increasing its ownership from 22.5% to 95%
Prestige is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Tay Garnett and written by Tay Garnett, Rollo Lloyd and Francis Edward Faragoh. The film stars Ann Harding, Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas and Guy Bates Post. The film was released on January 22, 1932, by RKO Pictures.
Prestige Magazine is the monthly French magazine dedicated largely for women's fashion, jewelries and lifestyle. The Prestige readers are mainly aged between 25 and 64 years old.
The Prestige is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Hall Green Stadium in Birmingham, England.
It was inaugurated in 2003.
Prestige is the sixth studio album and eleventh overall by Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee. It was released through El Cartel Records and Sony Music on September 11, 2012. The album currently has three singles, the lead " Ven Conmigo" was released on April 12, 2011. The second single " Lovumba" was released on October 4, 2011. The third single " Pasarela" was released on July 10, 2012. It was nominated for Urban Album of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 2013.
Prestige (1903 – after 1923) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the dominant two-year-old in France in 1905, winning all seven of his races including the Omnium de Deux Ans, Prix de Deux Ans, Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte, Grand Criterium and Prix de la Foret. His opportunities in the following year were limited as his entries in many of the major French races were voided by the death of his breeder, but won all nine of his starts including the Prix Eugene Adam, Prix d'Hedouville and Prix Biennal. He retired with a perfect record of sixteen wins from sixteen starts. He later became a successful sire of winners.
Usage examples of "prestige".
Party after the repeal of the antisocialist laws in 1890 lent it immense prestige in the eyes of socialists abroad.
For a time even her immense prestige as a dancer suffered some eclipse, but this, with a performer of her supreme artistry, was bound to be only a passing phase.
Ending the supremacy of Tara would be a blow to Meath prestige, but they would rather see it fall into final decay than revert into the hands of Munstermen.
On the Moon, where the surface is pelted with micrometeors and bathed in hard radiation, prestige and expense increase with your distance downward.
I made no attempt to explain to him the economics of galactic commerce, planetary prestige, or the multifold levels of intercommunication.
From this overlordship of the bachelors there had gradually risen a system of fagging, such as is or was practised in the great English public schools--enforced services exacted from the younger lads--which at the time Myles came to Devlen had, in the five or six years it had been in practice, grown to be an absolute though unwritten law of the body--a law supported by all the prestige of long-continued usage.
He was going to try to serialize the whole thing in his column, and then sell it as a prestige project at one of the studios.
The Samoans preferred self-government, and Solf, lacking sufficient coercive means, could defeat them only by practising the same political shrewdness and guile as the Samoans themselves, dealing with them in accordance with Samoan concepts of power, pride and prestige rather than with German ones.
The prestige of Queen Eleanor suffered in the general distrust of transmarine ties.
Cornwallis had long since left Halifax, and Lawrence, the English governor, while loyal to a fault, was, like Braddock, that type of English understrapper who has wrought such irreparable injury to English prestige purely from lack of sympathetic insight with colonial conditions.
Mara had secured more prestige for the Acoma than they had known in their long, honourable history.
His successor in prestige, though not his serious rival, was Ali Ben el-Abbas, usually spoken of in medical literature as Ali Abbas, a distinguished Arabian physician who died near the end of the tenth century.
Ben was presenting a major research project from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with all the prestige that automatically conferred.
Races of prestige and high prizes were printed in heavy black type in auction catalogues: black print earned by a broodmare upped the price of her foals by thousands.
The wealth and prestige of the Californio had long since disappeared, but the pride and beautiful dark eyes had survived.