Collocations for respectability - noun
ADJ.
international
The country has again achieved international respectability after years of isolation.
The country has again achieved international respectability after years of isolation.
bourgeois, middle-class, working-class | academic, intellectual, political, scientific
VERB + RESPECTABILITY
achieve, gain
The theory has now gained scientific respectability.
The theory has now gained scientific respectability.
give sth
PHRASES
an air/a facade/a veneer of respectability