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popularity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

[ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi] (General-American)
[ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi] (General-American)
/ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/ (General-American)
/ˌpɒp.jəˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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[ˌpɔp.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi] (Australia)
/ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ (General-American)
/ˌpɔp.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ (Australia)

Etymology

From popular + -ity, from Latin popularitas (“an effort to please the people”).

Meanings

(uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
- Politicians are rarely known for their popularity.
- The massive popularity of the book led to it being adapted into a movie.
- This destination has increased in popularity after great reviews in the guide books.
(archaic, uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people
- So this Gallant, labouring to avoid Popularity, falls into a habit of Affectation, Ten thousand times hatefuller than the former. 1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour:
(archaic, broadly, uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people ▸ cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
(archaic, uncountable, usually) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
- Popularities, and circumstances which […] sway the ordinary judgment. 1597, Francis Bacon, The Colours or Good and Evil:
(obsolete, uncountable, usually) The act of courting the favour of the people.
- Cato (the younger) charged Muraena, and indicted him in open court for popularity and ambition. 1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, Moralia:
(archaic, uncountable, usually) Public sentiment; general passion.
- A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
popularities	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

Translations (57)

de Beliebtheit (the quality or state of being popular) · nl geliefdheid (the quality or state of being popular) · da popularitet (the quality or state of being popular) · fi suosio (the quality or state of being popular) · eo populareco (the quality or state of being popular) · sh popularnost (the quality or state of being popular) · id popularitas (the quality or state of being popular) · ko 인기 (the quality or state of being popular) · mk популарност (the quality or state of being popular) · ca popularitat (the quality or state of being popular) · id kepopuleran (the quality or state of being popular) · ja 人気 (the quality or state of being popular) · hu népszerűség (the quality or state of being popular) · sh омиљеност (the quality or state of being popular) · is vinsældir (the quality or state of being popular) · uk популя́рність (the quality or state of being popular) · hi लोकप्रियता (the quality or state of being popular) · tl kasikatan (the quality or state of being popular) · it popolarità (the quality or state of being popular) · nb popularitet (the quality or state of being popular) · sh omiljenost (the quality or state of being popular) · nn popularitet (the quality or state of being popular) · nl populariteit (the quality or state of being popular) · as জনপ্ৰিয়তা (the quality or state of being popular) · cmn 人和 (the quality or state of being popular) · ro popularitate (the quality or state of being popular) · de Popularität (the quality or state of being popular) · la popularitas (the quality or state of being popular) · es popularidad (the quality or state of being popular) · ka პოპულარულობა (the quality or state of being popular) · tl popularidad (the quality or state of being popular) · pl popularność (the quality or state of being popular) · cs oblíbenost (the quality or state of being popular) · cmn 名望 (the quality or state of being popular) · tl kabantugan (the quality or state of being popular) · pt popularidade (the quality or state of being popular) · fr popularité (the quality or state of being popular) · mr लोकप्रियता (the quality or state of being popular) · sv popularitet (the quality or state of being popular) · id populeritas (the quality or state of being popular) · lv popularitāte (the quality or state of being popular) · ur مَقْبُولِیَت (the quality or state of being popular) · th ความดัง (the quality or state of being popular) · bg популярност (the quality or state of being popular) · ru популя́рность (the quality or state of being popular) · ms kepopularan (the quality or state of being popular) · cmn 人望 (the quality or state of being popular) · ms populariti (the quality or state of being popular) · tl kapopularan (the quality or state of being popular) · io populareso (the quality or state of being popular) · sl priljubljenost (the quality or state of being popular) · be папуля́рнасць (the quality or state of being popular) · ast popularidá (the quality or state of being popular) · cmn 聲望 /声望 (the quality or state of being popular) · cmn 人氣 /人气 (the quality or state of being popular) · sh популарност (the quality or state of being popular) · ar شَعْبِيَّة (the quality or state of being popular)