reputational

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/ 🇺🇸 /ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Relating to or affecting the reputation of a person, organization, or entity; concerning how someone or something is perceived by others.; Based on or derived from reputation rather than objective evidence or formal credentials.; Pertaining to the risk or consequence associated with public perception and standing, especially in business, legal, or political contexts.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more reputational Superlative: most reputational

Collocations

reputational riskreputational damagereputational harmreputational costreputational impact

Derivatives

reputationreputereputablereputablydisreputablereputationally

Commonly confused

reputable
EN: 'Reputable' means having a good reputation (evaluative); 'reputational' means relating to reputation in general (relational/neutral).

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'reputational' retains the full stem 'reputation' before adding '-al'; do not drop the 'tion' (a common error is writing *'reputal' or *'reputational' without the second 'a').

💬 Examples

  1. The company faced reputational damage after the data breach was made public.

  2. The restaurant's reputational appeal drew crowds even before critics had reviewed it.

  3. The board conducted a reputational risk assessment before approving the controversial merger.