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Reputation vs Existimation - What's the difference?

reputation | existimation | Synonyms |

Existimation is a synonym of reputation.



As nouns the difference between reputation and existimation

is that reputation is what somebody is known for while existimation is opinion, esteem or judgment.

reputation

English

(wikipedia reputation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • What somebody is known for.
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    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

    Synonyms

    * name

    Derived terms

    * reputational

    Related terms

    * repute

    External links

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    existimation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Opinion, esteem or judgment.
  • * 1918 , R. Robinson (translator), Thomas More (author), Utopia :
    • Then if a man in such a company, where some disdain and have despite at other men's inventions, and some count their own best, if among such men (I say) a man should bring forth anything, that he hath read done in times past, or that he hath seen done in other places: there the hearers fare as though the whole'' existimation ''of their wisdom were in jeopardy to be overthrown, and that ever after they should be counted for very fools, unless they could in other men's inventions pick out matter to reprehend, and find fault at.

    Synonyms

    * esteem, opinion, reputation

    Derived terms

    * co-existimation

    References

    * Utopia . New York: PF Collier and Son. p150