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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.

Popularity 
  1. Favor, like disgrace, brings trouble with it —Lao Tzu
  2. Hot as a pistol —Rex Reed

    A variant to this is to be “Hot as a two dollar pistol.”

  3. (Nothing is as … ) popular as goodness —Michel de Montaigne
  4. She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty —J. D. Salinger

See Also: PERSONALITY PROFILES

ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
2. currency, acceptance, circulation, vogue, prevalence This theory has enjoyed tremendous popularity among sociologists.
Translations
popularity [ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ] Npopularidad f
to gain or grow in popularitygozar de una popularidad cada vez mayor

popularity [ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪti] npopularité f
to increase in popularity → devenir de plus en plus populaire
to gain in popularity → devenir de plus en plus populaire

popularity
nBeliebtheit f; (with the public also) → Popularität f(with bei); he’d do anything to win popularityer würde alles tun, um sich beliebt zu machen; he’d never win a popularity contest!er ist nicht gerade beliebt; the sport is growing/declining in popularitydieser Sport wird immer populärer/verliert immer mehr an Popularität

popularity [ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ] npopolarità

popularity شعبية popularita popularitet Beliebtheit δημοτικότητα popularidad suosio popularité popularnost popolarità 人気 인기 populariteit popularitet popularność popularidade популярность populäritet ความนิยม popülerlik sự được ưa chuộng 普及


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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.
His very popularity seemed a disgrace and a treason to Brissenden.
His popularity soon awakened envy among the native braves; he was a stranger, an intruder, a white man.
 
 
 
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