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pop·u·lar 
[pop-yuh-ler] Pronunciation Key
[pop-yuh-ler] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher. |
| 2. | regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances: He's not very popular with me just now. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or representing the people, esp. the common people: popular discontent. |
| 4. | of the people as a whole, esp. of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to participate in an election: popular suffrage; the popular vote; popular representation. |
| 5. | prevailing among the people generally: a popular superstition. |
| 6. | suited to or intended for the general masses of people: popular music. |
| 7. | adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste: popular lectures on science. |
| 8. | suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive: popular prices on all tickets. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| pop·u·lar
(pŏp'yə-lər) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Middle English populer, commonly known, from Old French populeir, of the people, from Latin populāris, from populus, the people, of Etruscan origin.] pop'u·lar·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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popular
1490, "public," from L. popularis "belonging to the people," from populus "people." Meaning "well-liked, admired by the people" is attested from 1608. Popularity "fact or condition of being beloved by the people" is first recorded 1601; popularity contest is from 1941. Popular Front "coalition of Communists, Socialists, and radicals" is from 1936. Popularize "to make a complex topic intelligible to the people" is from 1833.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| popular | |
adjective | |
| 1. | regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular" [ant: unpopular] |
| 2. | carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government" |
| 3. | representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction" [syn: democratic] |
| 4. | (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: pop·u·lar
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to the general public
2 a : of, relating to, or by the people (as of a nation or state) as a whole as distinguished from a specific class or group b : based on or alleged to be based on the will of the people
Main Entry: pop·u·lar
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to the general public
2 a : of, relating to, or by the people (as of a nation or state) as a whole as distinguished from a specific class or group b : based on or alleged to be based on the will of the people
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Popular
Pop"u*lar\, a. [L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See People.]1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. "Popular states." --Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." --Milton. The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. --J. H. Newman. 2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. --Hooker. 3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. --Holland. 4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration. 5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [R.] Such popular humanity is treason. --Addison. 6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [Obs.] --Johnson. Popular action (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. --Blackstone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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