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respectability politics 

Refers to attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social values as being continuous and compatible with mainstream values rather than challenging the mainstream for its failure to accept difference.
Person 1: If black people get an education, pull up their pants, and stop committing crimes, then they will never have to worry about negative encounters with the police.

Person 2: Please can that respectability politics mess. James Blake went to Harvard, was a star athlete, and never committed a crime, but that didn't prevent an officer in the NYPD from tackling and body slamming him to the ground.
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replayability 

The ability to play a game once it has been completed.
James:what did you think of GTA IV?
Seb: Awsome, has great replayability
replayability by HALLY15 September 14, 2010

receptability 

How well you are willing to recieve a person
You have not shown your receptability so i shall turn you away
receptability by Mr Butler November 6, 2007

relatability

From the word "relatable." The level of ability something has for people to be able to relate to it.
That movie really made me emotional and I could easily relate to it. It has amazing relatability.
relatability by Anonomoose101 March 9, 2016

Respectability 

The quality of a man that has gained the the esteem, reverence, and awe of his family, peers, and co-workers.

Every man needs it; every woman seeks it.
John Wayne is a man who has gained much respectability throughout the course of his life.
Respectability by Apollo1134 July 17, 2011

respectability 

is what you achieve when you have managed a 1000 posts on a web based forum, preferably a Formula 1 forum.
1000 posts 1000 posts, respectability has been achieved!

respectability junkie 

a small minded individual(quite often Irish)who aspires to nothing more in life than acquiring job, mortgage, girlfriend in order to fit in with his/her equally small minded peers
"Edmunter with his lies and his sh*t garden parties is such a respectability junkie"