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Arts, entertainment and media


Films

* ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett: woman travels to French Indochina to meet up with husband * ''The Prestige'' (film), a 2006 American thriller directed by Christopher Nolan * Prestige picture, a film purposely created to lend a film studio the appearance of artistic integrity


Music

* Prestige Records, American jazz record label * ''Prestige'' (Daddy Yankee album), 2012 * ''Prestige'' (Rondò Veneziano album), 1991 * ''The Prestige'' (album), an album by Illdisposed


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Prestige'' (magazine), a Lebanese French-language women's fashion quarterly *Prestige, the final portion of a magic trick, typically a showy flourish (17th c.) *'' The Prestige'', 1995 novel by Christopher Priest


Brands and enterprises

* Prestige (beer), a Haitian lager * Citi Prestige, a premium Citibank credit card * Ibanez RG Prestige, a brand of guitars manufactured by Ibanez * Plaxton Prestige, a single-deck bus body built by Plaxton * Prestige Brands, an American manufacturer of personal care and home cleaning products * Prestige group, real estate developer in India * TTK Prestige, an Indian manufacturer of pressure cookers and other kitchen appliances.


Horse and greyhound races

* Prestige (greyhounds), a greyhound racing competition * Prestige Novices' Hurdle, a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain * Prestige Stakes, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain


People

* George Leonard Prestige (1889-1955), English theologian


Ships

* MV ''Prestige'', Greek-owned oil tanker sunk in 2002 * MSC ''Prestige'', a container ship * USS ''Prestige'', various American ships


Other uses

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Prestige (horse) Prestige (1903 – after 1923) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse who won all his 16 races and became a successful sire. He was the dominant two-year-old in France in 1905, winning all seven of his races including the Prix Rober ...
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Prestige (sociolinguistics) Prestige in sociolinguistics is the level of regard normally accorded a specific language or dialect within a speech community, relative to other languages or dialects. Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally c ...
, esteem in which languages or dialects are held * Prestige Elite, typeface * Prestige format, square-bound printing format for some comic books * ''Prestige'' oil spill, caused by the oil tanker's sinking in Spanish waters in 2002 *
Dual strategies theory In evolutionary psychology and evolutionary anthropology, dual strategies theory states humans increase their status in social hierarchies using two major strategies known as dominance and prestige. * The first and oldest of the two strategies, do ...
, prestige as one of the two strategies for gaining status in human social hierarchies


See also

* Select (disambiguation) *
Social status Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess. Such social value includes respect, honour, honor, assumed competence, and deference. On one hand, social scientists view status as a "reward" for group members ...
, a synonym for prestige {{disambig, surname