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popularity Definition

popu·lar·ity (päp′yə larə tē)

noun

the state or quality of being popular

Etymology: Fr popularité < L popularitas

popularity Synonyms

popularity

n.

  1. Approval

    general esteem, widespread acceptance, following, prevalence, universality, demand, fashionableness.

  2. Fame

    reputation, repute, notoriety, acclaim; see fame 1, 2.

popularity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attain: Bath, Cheltenham and numerous other towns with healing waters attained great popularity in the following century.
  • ever-increase: A service of ever-increasing popularity is the Remembrance Sunday Commemoration Service.
  • gain: How To Rank High On MSN Search The new MSN Search is quickly gaining popularity among internet search engine users.
  • grow: Spanish was being phased out in spite of its growing popularity, they added.
  • regain: The obsession with regaining popularity among European leaders seems to take precedence over any other considerations.
  • enjoy: Winter sports on the other hand enjoy a much greater popularity in the Federal Republic than in the UK.

Adjective modifier

  • enduring: Hopper's enduring popularity stems from his ability to stage scenes from everyday life in a way which also addresses universal concerns.
  • immense: Before the immense popularity of the pole, the waggler and stick float did the business.
  • new-found: Alike Tory grandees and constituency loyalists are reveling in their party's new-found popularity.
  • fleeting: Both admitted guilt fleeting popularity of much bigger position.
  • surging: A Google search will reveal 1.2 million results - an indication of its surging popularity worldwide!
  • renewed: This renewed popularity of herbal medicine is all part of a movement toward taking greater responsibility for our health.

Modifies a noun

  • contest: This isn't a popularity contest, I just save dogs ' lives.
  • stake: Le Lac ( Tignes 2100m ) Le Lac gives Val Claret a run for its money in the popularity stakes.
  • poll: Two such cases based on the same sports popularity opinion poll were found in the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express.
  • rating: Also many of the major search engines count the number of links to your site to calculate its " popularity rating.

Noun used with modifier

  • link: Link popularity is a great way to gaining targeted visitors to your website.
  • zero: From their point of view zero popularity is a time wasting.

Possessives

  • hold'em: Bargaining tablefirst to a third property in chicago and hold'em's popularity are.

Preposition: of

  • keywords: Some or all of the tools mentioned in the keywords tools section could be utilized to measure the popularity of these keywords.
popularity Quotes

The Appalling Popularity of Music.

—Lambert, Constant

There is no easy popularity, in that I believe that people accept that there is no alternative.

—Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

La popularite¤  ? c'est la gloire en gros sous. Popularity? It isglory in large coins.

—Hugo,Victor Marie