Popularity

n.	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. A popularity which has lasted down to our time. - Macaulay.
	2.	The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity. This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. - B. Jonson.
	3.	Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. Popularities, and circumstances which . . . sway the ordinary judgment. - Bacon.
	4.	The act of courting the favor of the people.
	5.	Public sentiment; general passion. A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. - Bancroft.

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popularity - the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies" Antonyms: unpopularity - the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance

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