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POPULARITY

[pop-yuh-lar-i-tee]

pop·u·lar·i·ty

[pop-yuh-lar-i-tee]
noun
1.
the quality or fact of being popular.
2.
the favor of the general public or of a particular group of people: His popularity with television audiences is unrivaled.

Origin:
1540–50; < Latin populāritās a courting of popular favor. See popular, -ity

non·pop·u·lar·i·ty, noun
o·ver·pop·u·lar·i·ty, noun
sem·i·pop·u·lar·i·ty, noun


1, 2. acclaim, vogue, fashion, fame, repute.

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popular (ˈpɒpjʊlə)
 
adj
1.  appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
2.  favoured by an individual or limited group: I'm not very popular with her
3.  connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common: popular discontent
4.  appealing to or comprehensible to the layman: a popular lecture on physics
 
n
5.  (usually plural) Also shortened to: pops cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
 
[C15: from Latin populāris belonging to the people, democratic, from populus people]
 
popularity
 
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