cachet
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8.7
- noun
- /kæˈʃeɪ/
- Formal
:
prestigio
- As a result, photographs lost much of their scientific and artistic cachet.
- gaining cachet
And it's not really, you know, they, their cachet doesn't come from quiet luxury, OK?
- And it's not really, you know, they, their cachet doesn't come from quiet luxury, OK?
- I think Dionne has the cachet to say it.
- They just have they have a cachet that's hard to to compete with.
- Like what type of what type of cachet do you feel like you have in that world?
- It's like your, your, your, your thing that makes you different and, and is the thing that has cachet.
- That books like TA Nehisi Coaches Between the World and Me or Ibram X Kendy's How to Be an Anti Racist have as much cachet as they have.
Examples
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Attending that prestigious university gives students a certain cachet when they enter the job market.
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led me here where I have enough cachet to have you want to come here and talk to me.
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Again, it's because it had cachet and a big name attached going in.
Blog text (10) -
There is still some cachet to having a published book versus something that you self published.
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The money was tempting, and the job title had a certain cachet.
Fiction book (2001) -
To have distant connections with the Syndicate gave one a certain cachet in the Chicago of my youth.
Academic text (2009) -
In terms of social cachet, agricultural startups are a long way from Silicon Valley.
Blog text (2) -
A liberal arts education is increasingly regarded as a luxury, one that carries cachet for a shrinking clientele.
Academic text (2003) -
The luxury brand gained cachet after being endorsed by a famous celebrity.
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The film festival is known for its cachet, attracting filmmakers from around the world.
Synonyms
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3.5
The quality of being very important and admired for skill or achievements
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5.1
High respect and admiration that people give for success or power
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8.3
High social rank because of birth or family
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5.5
Wide fame and respect for someone's work or good qualities
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6.7
The opinion people have of someone, often about how respected they are
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7.9
Being better than others in an area, like skill or success
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7.9
High respect for a person because of their work in a field
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4.4
A position of respect and importance in society or at work
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4.3
A respected place in a group because people admire you
A quality of being respected and admired because of success, power, or money
Great fame and respect for doing important work
Compounds
- Archaic
A letter from the French king that allows putting someone in prison or punishing them without a trial
How Prestigious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cachet later came to mean the special 'approved status' or mark of respect that a seal gave, like a 'seal of approval' that makes something seem important, so saying someone or something has cachet means they have high status or esteem.