Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being popular, especially the state of being widely admired, accepted, or sought after.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Popular character or quality; favor in the eyes of the people; acceptance or acceptability among the people; the fact of being favored by or of having the approbation of the people: as, the popularity of a measure; the popularity of a public officer; the popularity of a book or of a preacher.
- noun That which catches public favor; anything suited to the vulgar fancy; a piece of claptrap.
- noun A desire to obtain favor with the people; a currying of favor with the people.
- noun Vulgarity; commonness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people.
- noun The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
- noun Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
- noun obsolete The act of courting the favor of the people.
- noun rare Public sentiment; general passion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
popular ; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, thepeople at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. - noun archaic The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence,
cheapness ;inferiority ;vulgarity . - noun archaic Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar;
claptrap . - noun obsolete The act of courting the favour of the people.
- noun archaic Public
sentiment ; generalpassion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
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Examples
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The reason Republicans are lagging in popularity is their lack of planning along with the likes of Cheney, Bush and Palin!
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What do you think the impact of book clubs, which are rising in popularity, is on the sales of fiction?
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A drop in popularity is to be expected, after all he is takign on the subjects that most politicians have been afraid to touch because there is such diverse opinions on them.
CNN Poll: Obama approval drops 7 points over last 100 days 2009
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One reason mini-toiletries have grown in popularity is because of the rules governing the transport of liquids on flights.
Planning The Perfect Travel Washbag | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I am as big a fan of the internet as anyone, but claiming the internet caused the increase in popularity is as silly as the rest of the psychological nonsense in Peters piece.
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It turns out that Monday Night Football topping postseason baseball in popularity is routine.
USATODAY.com - Falling 'MNF' still outslugs baseball in ratings 2001
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I guess their popularity is at an all time low, still seems cowardly.
Justices lament closing main entrance to high court building 2010
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This popularity is at least partially due to the fact that he has hired noted Lefty blogger Matthew Stoller (of Open Left) to be a senior policy advisor (see here, here, here*, here, here, and here for examples where Stoller has been referenced as such).
Did Grayson lie to the ADL? Did he *not* lie? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Perhaps an indicator of their popularity is the fact they are even selling on eBay.
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Not that a care about Whoopi one way or the other, but her popularity is there.
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