Dictionary

unpopularity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnˌpɒpjʊˈlæɹɪti/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + popularity or unpopular + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property or degree of being unpopular, or the absence or lack of popularity.
   • It was built at the Salt River works of the South African Railways in 1926 to the design of Oscar Hulse, and was placed on Cape Town suburban service in 1927, but was soon withdrawn because of its unpopularity. 1949 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “Double-Deck Railway Carriages”, in Railway Magazine, page 194:
   • A Maryland Democrat proposed a long-shot bill to impose term limits on Supreme Court judges in the latest reform effort to capitalize on the high court’s historic unpopularity across the political spectrum. 2026 May 4, Jenna Sundel, Gabe Whisnant, “Supreme Court Reform Gains Momentum as Long-shot Bill Targets Alito, Thomas”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 12 May 2026:

Forms

Antonyms

popularity

Translations (20)

ca impopularitat (property or degree of being unpopular) · sh nepopularnost (property or degree of being unpopular) · fr impopularité (property or degree of being unpopular) · de Unpopularität (property or degree of being unpopular) · sv impopularitet (property or degree of being unpopular) · oc impopularitat (property or degree of being unpopular) · nl impopulariteit (property or degree of being unpopular) · ast impopularidá (property or degree of being unpopular) · es impopularidad (property or degree of being unpopular) · pt impopularidade (property or degree of being unpopular) · pl niepopularność (property or degree of being unpopular) · fi epäsuosio (property or degree of being unpopular) · hu népszerűtlenség (property or degree of being unpopular) · gl impopularidade (property or degree of being unpopular) · cs neoblíbenost (property or degree of being unpopular) · sh neomiljenost (property or degree of being unpopular) · it impopolarità (property or degree of being unpopular) · ro nepopularitate (property or degree of being unpopular) · ka არაპოპულარულობა (property or degree of being unpopular) · ru непопуля́рность (property or degree of being unpopular)