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disrespectability

noun

Etymology

From dis- + respectability, disrespect + -ability or disrespectable + -ity.

  1. derived from respectus
  2. derived from respect
  3. inherited from respect
  4. suffixed as respectability — “respect + ability”
  5. prefixed as disrespectability — “dis- + respectability”

Definitions

  1. Lack of respectability

    Lack of respectability; state of being disrespectable.

    • Her taste for disrespectability grew more and more remarkable. She became a perfect Bohemian.
    • But in that community, the curate's objections to the disrespectability of his garments was regarded as fastidious.
    • The character’s appeal is universal though because she represents a feminist politics of disrespectability (what black American feminists call ratchetness) that has no time for prim notions of femininity as demure, quiet and self-effacing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for disrespectability. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA