popularity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From popular + -ity, from Latin popularitas (“an effort to please the people”).
Base: popular
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: popularities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
usually
examples: So this Gallant, labouring to avoid Popularity, falls into a habit of Affectation, Ten thousand times hatefuller than the former.
gloss: The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people
pos: noun
tags: archaic
broadly
uncountable
usually
gloss: Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
usually
examples: Popularities, and circumstances which […] sway the ordinary judgment.
gloss: The act of courting the favour of the people.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
usually
examples: Cato (the younger) charged Muraena, and indicted him in open court for popularity and ambition.
gloss: Public sentiment; general passion.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
usually
examples: A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease.
Derived words: nonpopularity
overpopularity
popularity contest
unpopularity
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: شَعْبِيَّة
roman: šaʕbiyya
lang: Assamese
word: জনপ্ৰিয়তা
roman: zonoprita
lang: Asturian
word: popularidá
lang: Belarusian
word: папуля́рнасць
roman: papuljárnascʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: популярност
roman: populjarnost
lang: Catalan
word: popularitat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 名望
roman: míngwàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 聲望 /声望
roman: shēngwàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人氣 /人气
roman: rénqì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人和
roman: rénhé
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人望
roman: rénwàng
lang: Czech
word: oblíbenost
lang: Danish
word: popularitet
lang: Dutch
word: populariteit
lang: Dutch
word: geliefdheid
lang: Finnish
word: suosio
lang: French
word: popularité
lang: Georgian
word: პოპულარულობა
roman: ṗoṗularuloba
lang: German
word: Popularität
lang: German
word: Beliebtheit
lang: Hindi
word: लोकप्रियता
roman: lokpriyatā
lang: Hungarian
word: népszerűség
lang: Icelandic
word: vinsældir
lang: Ido
word: populareso
lang: Indonesian
word: popularitas
lang: Indonesian
word: kepopuleran
lang: Indonesian
word: populeritas
lang: Italian
word: popolarità
lang: Japanese
word: 人気
roman: ninki
lang: Korean
word: 인기
roman: in'gi
lang: Latin
word: popularitas
lang: Latvian
word: popularitāte
lang: Macedonian
word: популарност
roman: popularnost
lang: Malay
word: kepopularan
lang: Malay
word: populariti
lang: Marathi
word: लोकप्रियता
roman: lokapriytā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: popularitet
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: popularitet
lang: Polish
word: popularność
lang: Portuguese
word: popularidade
lang: Romanian
word: popularitate
lang: Russian
word: популя́рность
roman: populjárnostʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: популарност
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: омиљеност
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: popularnost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: omiljenost
lang: Slovene
word: priljubljenost
lang: Spanish
word: popularidad
lang: Swedish
word: popularitet
lang: Tagalog
word: kasikatan
lang: Tagalog
word: kabantugan
lang: Tagalog
word: popularidad
lang: Tagalog
word: kapopularan
lang: Thai
word: ความดัง
roman: kwaam-dang
lang: Ukrainian
word: популя́рність
roman: populjárnistʹ
lang: Urdu
word: مَقْبُولِیَت
roman: maqbūliyat