English Explanatory Dictionary

popularity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
  2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people
  3. cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
  4. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
  5. The act of courting the favour of the people.
  6. Public sentiment; general passion.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɒp.jəˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/ /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ [ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi] /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/ [ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi] En-us-popularity.ogg /ˌpɔp.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ [ˌpɔp.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]

Word forms

popularity popularities

Etymology

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

Derived words

nonpopularity overpopularity popularity contest unpopularity

Translations

Arabic: شَعْبِيَّة Assamese: জনপ্ৰিয়তা Asturian: popularidá Belarusian: папуля́рнасць Bulgarian: популярност Catalan: popularitat Chinese Mandarin: 名望 Chinese Mandarin: 聲望 /声望 Chinese Mandarin: 人氣 /人气 Chinese Mandarin: 人和 Chinese Mandarin: 人望 Czech: oblíbenost Danish: popularitet Dutch: populariteit Dutch: geliefdheid Finnish: suosio French: popularité German: Popularität German: Beliebtheit Hindi: लोकप्रियता Hungarian: népszerűség Icelandic: vinsældir Ido: populareso Indonesian: popularitas Indonesian: kepopuleran Indonesian: populeritas Italian: popolarità Japanese: 人気 Korean: 인기 Latin: popularitas Latvian: popularitāte Macedonian: популарност Malay: kepopularan Malay: populariti Marathi: लोकप्रियता Norwegian Bokmål: popularitet Norwegian Nynorsk: popularitet Polish: popularność Portuguese: popularidade Romanian: popularitate Russian: популя́рность Serbo-Croatian: популарност Serbo-Croatian: омиљеност Serbo-Croatian: popularnost Serbo-Croatian: omiljenost Slovene: priljubljenost Spanish: popularidad Swedish: popularitet Tagalog: kasikatan Tagalog: kabantugan Tagalog: popularidad Tagalog: kapopularan Thai: ความดัง Ukrainian: популя́рність Urdu: مَقْبُولِیَت
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