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pop·u·lar·i·ty  (ppy-lr-t)
n.
The quality or state of being popular, especially the state of being widely admired, accepted, or sought after.
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Noun1.popularity - 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"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
hot stuff - the quality of being popular; "skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire"
unpopularity - the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance
popularity
noun 1. favour, fame, esteem, acclaim, regard, reputation, approval, recognition, celebrity, vogue, adoration, renown, repute, idolization, lionization
noun 2. currency, acceptance, circulation, vogue, prevalence
Translations
popularity [pɔpjuˈlærɪtɪ] n → popularidad f
popularity [pɔpjuˈlærɪtɪ] popular n → popularité f
popularity [pɔpjuˈlærɪtɪ] popular n → Beliebtheit f, Popularität f
popularity [pɔpjuˈlærɪtɪ] n → popolarità


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Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because the virtues of either age, may correct the defects of both; and good for succession, that young men may be learners, while men in age are actors; and, lastly, good for extern accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity, youth.
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His very popularity seemed a disgrace and a treason to Brissenden.
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His popularity soon awakened envy among the native braves; he was a stranger, an intruder, a white man.
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