POPULARITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does popularity mean? 

• POPULARITY (noun)
  The noun POPULARITY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

  Familiarity information: POPULARITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POPULARITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the universal popularity of American movies

Hypernyms ("popularity" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

popular (regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public)

unpopular (regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "popularity"):

hot stuff (the quality of being popular)

Antonym:

unpopularity (the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance)

Derivation:

popular ((of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people))

popular (regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public)

 Context examples 

Over time, the popularity of this practice soared.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)

The other two are anti-thyroid drugs, which have been rising in popularity, and surgical treatment, which is used least often.

(Long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism, National Institutes of Health)

They were chosen for their characteristic sounds they make, their large presence in the region, and their popularity.

(Amazon jungle animals to be monitored by sensors, Agência Brasil)

It is tenderness of heart which makes my dear father so generally beloved—which gives Isabella all her popularity.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

So it was, reasoning thus, that Martin questioned the validity of his popularity.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I had never before understood the popularity of my uncle in the sporting world, for the folk began to huzza as we passed with cries of Hurrah for Buck Tregellis!

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The new moon of November 26 will emphasize your second house of income too, and will also underscore your popularity in the marketplace.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In the Brazilian coast, according to Gonçalves, there are 33 species, including the humpback whale, the right whale, Bryde's whale, the fin whale,and the sperm whale, which gained popularity with Moby Dick.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

The English archers and men-at-arms had mustered at that end of the lists, but the vast majority of the spectators were in favor of the attacking party, for the English had declined in popularity ever since the bitter dispute as to the disposal of the royal captive after the battle of Poictiers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)