popularity

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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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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popularity

noun

1. favour, fame, esteem, acclaim, regard, reputation, approval, recognition, celebrity, vogue, adoration, renown, repute, idolization, lionization His authority and popularity have declined.

2. currency, acceptance, circulation, vogue, prevalence This theory has enjoyed tremendous popularity among sociologists.

Translations

popularity [ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ] N → popularidad f
to gain or grow in popularity → gozar de una popularidad cada vez mayor

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

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popularity

n → Beliebtheit f; (with the public also) → Popularität f → (with bei); he’d do anything to win popularity → er 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 popularity → dieser Sport wird immer populärer/verliert immer mehr an Popularität

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popularity [ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ] n → popolarità

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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