Prestige refers to a good
reputation
The reputation of a social entity (a person, a social group, an organization, or a place) is an opinion about that entity typically as a result of social evaluation on a set of criteria, such as behavior or performance.
Reputation is a ubiquitous ...
or high esteem; in earlier usage, ''prestige'' meant "showiness". (19th c.)
Prestige may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Films
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''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett: woman travels to French Indochina to meet up with husband
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''The Prestige'' (film), a 2006 American thriller directed by Christopher Nolan
Music
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Prestige Records, American jazz record label
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''Prestige'' (Daddy Yankee album), a 2012 album by Daddy Yankee
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''The Prestige'' (album)
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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''Prestige'' (magazine), a Lebanese French-language women's fashion quarterly
*Prestige, the final portion of a
magic trick, typically a showy flourish (17th c.)
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The Prestige'', 1995 novel by Christopher Priest
Brands and enterprises
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Prestige (beer)
Prestige is a lager brewed by Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti (BRANA) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is widely consumed and is the best-selling beer in Haiti with a 98% market share. Prestige beer is available in some parts of the United States and ...
, a Haitian lager
* Citi Prestige, a premium
Citibank credit card
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Ibanez RG Prestige, a brand of guitars manufactured by Ibanez
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Plaxton Prestige, a single-deck bus body built by Plaxton
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Prestige Brands
Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (formerly Prestige Brands, Inc.) is an American company that markets and distributes over-the-counter healthcare and household cleaning products. It was formed by the merger of Medtech Products, Inc., Prestige B ...
, an American manufacturer of personal care and home cleaning products
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Prestige group, real estate developer in India
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TTK Prestige, an Indian manufacturer of pressure cookers and other kitchen appliances.
Horse and greyhound races
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Prestige (greyhounds)
The Prestige is a former greyhound racing competition that was held annually at Hall Green Stadium in Birmingham, England, from 2003-2017. The event discontinued following the closure of Hall Green Stadium in July 2017.
Past winners
Venues and ...
, a greyhound racing competition
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Prestige Novices' Hurdle, a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain
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Prestige Stakes, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain
People
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George Leonard Prestige (1889-1955), English theologian
Ships
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''Prestige'' (oil tanker), oil tanker
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MSC ''Prestige'', a container ship
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USS ''Prestige'', various American ships
Other uses
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Prestige (horse)
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Prestige (sociolinguistics), esteem in which languages or dialects are held
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Prestige Elite, typeface
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Prestige format, square-bound printing format for some comic books
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''Prestige'' oil spill, caused by the oil tanker's sinking in Spanish waters in 2002
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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, ...
, prestige as one of the two strategies for gaining status in human social hierarchies
See also
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Select (disambiguation)
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