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popularity
What does popularity mean?
popularity (noun): the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use popularity in a sentence?
- His charm soon won him affection and popularity. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce popularity?
/ˌpɑpjəˈlɛɹəti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does popularity come from?
From popular + -ity, from Latin popularitas (“an effort to please the people”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to popularity
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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