street credibility
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7.4
- noun
- /strit ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti/
:
credibilidad callejera
- Her involvement in community projects helped build her street credibility in the local art scene.
Examples
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How many projects that really give Yahoo much of its street credibility would have been crushed?
Blog text (10) -
His history of criminal justice involvement added to his street credibility among participants and helped in developing rapport with the young men in the sample.
Academic text (2013) -
This is my street credibility right here!
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Was this stuff being put back into the community to establish Dover's street credibility?
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The dangerous trend of gaining street credibility in the rap world is high in statistics in black on black crime.
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So whether he engages me or not, his valuable street credibility still takes a hit.
Blog text (28) -
It has integrity, history, street credibility.
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Many musicians gain their street credibility by performing in underground venues.
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Having grown up in the neighborhood, he had a lot of street credibility among his peers.
Synonyms
30
9.2
Respect and trust from a group because someone seems fashionable, skilled or real
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8.8
Respect from young people in a city for being real and stylish
Antonyms
How Credible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partially derivable: 'street' narrows 'credibility' to an urban or popular-culture context, so a learner can infer it concerns being seen as believable/authentic by people 'on the street'. However, the specific social nuance of respect and acceptance within subcultures (e.g. hip‑hop authenticity) is metaphorical and not fully predictable from the parts at B1, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Street credibility comes from the simple idea of earning respect on the street — in local neighborhoods, clubs, or groups — by showing you are real and experienced. So, street credibility means being 'respected' and 'accepted' by people in that scene.