disreputation

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noun

Loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.

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Meanings

noundisreputation (countable and uncountable, plural disreputations)

plural disreputations

  1. archaiccountableuncountableLoss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.

    a disreputation of piety

    1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

Origin

From dis- + reputation.

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Translations

Finnish maineen menetys, huonomaineisuus
  • maineen menetysloss or lack of reputation
  • huonomaineisuusloss or lack of reputation
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APA

disreputation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disreputation

MLA

“disreputation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disreputation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disreputation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disreputation.

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