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Popularity Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Popularity?
[n] the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Popularity: Related Terms | Find terms related to Popularity: acceptance | acclaim | acclamation | admiration | adoration | affection | agape | Amor | applause | approval | ardency | ardor | attachment | big hand | bodily love | bon ton | brotherly love | burst of applause | caritas | celebrity | character | charity | cheer | Christian love | clap | clapping | clapping of hands | conjugal love | currency | desire | devotion | eclat | encore | Eros | esteem | faithful love | fame | famousness | fancy | fashionableness | favor | fervor | figure | flame | fondness | free love | free-lovism | glory | hand | handclap | handclapping | heart | hero worship | idolatry | idolism | idolization | kudos | lasciviousness | libido | like | liking | lionization | love | lovemaking | married love | modishness | name | notoriety | notoriousness | ovation | passion | physical love | Platonic love | plaudit | popular regard | prevalence | publicity | reclame | recognition | regard | renown | report | reputation | repute | round of applause | sentiment | sex | sexual love | shine | spiritual love | stylishness | tender feeling | tender passion | the bubble reputation | thunder of applause | trend | trendiness | truelove | uxoriousness | vogue | voguishness | weakness | worship | yearning See Also | hot stuff | quality Popularity In Webster's Dictionary \Pop`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Popularities}. [L.
popularitas an effort to please the people: cf. F.
popularit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the
state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the
people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the
people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.
A popularity which has lasted down to our time.
--Macaulay.
2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to
common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness;
inferiority; vulgarity.
This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into
a habit of affectation. --B. Jonson.
3. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the
favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
Popularities, and circumstances which . . . sway the
ordinary judgment. --Bacon.
4. The act of courting the favor of the people. [Obs.]
``Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition.'' --Holland.
5. Public sentiment; general passion. [R.]
A little time be allowed for the madness of
popularity to cease. --Bancroft.
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