Popularity

Noun
popularity


 * 1) The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.

Derived terms

 * popularity contest

Adjectives for Popularity
contemporary; formidable; respectful; facile; ageless; world-wide; unbounded; amazing; tremendous; zooming; prewar; illogical; apparent; corresponding; increasing; glaring; undeniable; universal; widespread; fickle; assured; fading; undetermined.

Verbs for Popularity
achieve—; attain—; begrudge—; bolster—; hinder—; jeopardize—; reduce—; reinstate —; ride to—; risk—; soar to—; spring into—; suffer—; sweep into—; —declines; —recedes; —tumbles; —wanes.

Thesaurus
Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, acceptance, acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adoration, affection, agape, applause, approval, ardency, ardor, attachment, big hand, bodily love, bon ton, brotherly love, burst of applause, caritas, celebrity, character, charity, cheer, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, conjugal love, currency, desire, devotion, eclat, encore, esteem, faithful love, fame, famousness, fancy, fashionableness, favor, fervor, figure, flame, fondness, free love, free-lovism, glory, hand, handclap, handclapping, heart, hero worship, idolatry, idolism, idolization, kudos, lasciviousness, libido, like, liking, lionization, love, lovemaking, married love, modishness, name, notoriety, notoriousness, ovation, passion, physical love, plaudit, popular regard, prevalence, publicity, reclame, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, repute, round of applause, sentiment, sex, sexual love, shine, spiritual love, stylishness, tender feeling, tender passion, the bubble reputation, thunder of applause, trend, trendiness, truelove, uxoriousness, vogue, voguishness, weakness, worship, yearning

Etymology
popularitas an effort to please the people

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 * Latin: popularitas
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 * Serbo-Croatian: popularnost, omiljenost