community standing

Local public regard

Community standing is the regard in which a person is held by others in their local area or social group—their reputation and perceived respectability.

It often determines informal influence and trust: His community standing made him a natural choice for the school board.

The phrase appears frequently in legal and civic contexts, where character references matter: The judge considered her community standing when setting bail.

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prominence · influence · moral authority · honor · clout · regard · stature · credibility · trustworthiness · local hero · good name · social capital · public opinion · pillar · town elder · elder · leader · belonging

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Opposites
social status level

community standingdisgrace

Loss of honor

disrepute · infamy · shame · dishonor · ignominy

social visibility

community standingobscurity

State of being unknown

anonymity · invisibility · insignificance · namelessness · facelessness

social belonging

community standingostracism

Banishment from a group

social exclusion · exile · marginalization · alienation · banishment

Family

community, standing, commune, communal, communally, communion, communist, communism, communicate

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G