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self-reputation
self-reputation n.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfrɛpjᵿˈteɪʃn/
, /ˌsɛlfrɛpjᵿˈteɪʃn/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
favourable reputation established or proclaimed by oneself; (with prepositional complement) a reputation for being, doing, or possessing the specified thing, established by oneself./ˌsɛlfˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Qiv That wheras none so base wil not meanely stande yet in selfe reputacion, his curtesie is suche to dele euery man a fleese of his praise.
a1683 J. Owen Compl. Coll. Serm. (1721) 553 Self-reputation in the exercise of gifts..weakens our faith as to the expectation of God's hearing our prayers.
1728 tr. C. I. Castel de Saint-Pierre Disc. Danger governing by One Minister 135 Ministers by being oblig'd to give their Opinions in Publick, will be by the private Motives of Self-Reputation, influenc'd to give them a great deal more constantly.
1846 Christian Remembrancer June 496 He..enjoyed the self-reputation of a Confessor.
1907 H. Jackson B. Shaw iv. 224 Civilisation..has simply been an expedient for allowing humanity to live upon its self-reputation.
2011 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 Nov. 2 How could someone with a self-reputation for brilliance, detail and instant analysis..be behind all this bovine scatology?
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