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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

demicelebrity en · NOUN

Etymology

From demi- + celebrity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Minor fame.
  2. (countable) Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”).
    • Many are demicelebrities themselves. 2007 January 14, Lola Ogunnaike, “TV dramas rip the cover off magazine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Forms

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demicelebrities Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

subcelebrity · pseudocelebrity · noncelebrity · microcelebrity · semicelebrity

Synonyms

C-lister · minor celebrity · sublebrity · minicelebrity