popularity
nounEtymology
From popular + -ity, from Latin popularitas (“an effort to please the people”).
- derived from popularitas
Definitions
The quality or state of being popular
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
- This destination has increased in popularity after great reviews in the guide books.
- Politicians are rarely known for their popularity.
- The massive popularity of the book led to it being adapted into a movie.
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.
Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar
Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
- Popularities, and circumstances which […] sway the ordinary judgment.
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The act of courting the favour of the people.
- Cato (the younger) charged Muraena, and indicted him in open court for popularity and ambition.
Public sentiment
Public sentiment; general passion.
- A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at popularity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at popularity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at popularity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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