popularity

[ pop-yuh-lar-i-tee ]

/ ˌpɒp yəˈlær ɪ ti /

the quality or fact of being popular.

the favor of the general public or of a particular group of people: His popularity with television audiences is unrivaled.

Origin of popularity

First recorded in 1540–50, popularity is from the Latin word populāritās a courting of popular favor. See popular, -ity

1, 2 acclaim, vogue, fashion, fame, repute.

non·pop·u·lar·i·ty, noun o·ver·pop·u·lar·i·ty, noun sem·i·pop·u·lar·i·ty, noun

But since that explosion of popularity, Angry Birds has become about everything else.

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Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.

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Thanks to the popularity of the HBO series, this kind of book is no longer just for the Dungeons Dragons type.

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Her followers love her honesty and the popularity of the blog grows.

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The popularity of anime tales featuring man-on-man passion is burgeoning among Japanese women.

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And, on the other hand, she saw Bruce leap up to the very apex of popularity.

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However, he found not a little comfort for his failure as a student in his popularity as a storyteller and kind-hearted comrade.

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We have heard quite a little of your popularity on the campus.

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Bonaparte's popularity filled them with anxiety and fearful misgivings.

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For three centuries the stagecoach slowly developed, and its popularity carried it to the continent and later to America.

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