Found 3 items, similar to Popularities.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: popularity ketenaran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: popularity popularity n : 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” [ant: unpopularity]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Popularities Popularity \Pop`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Popularities. [L. popularitas an effort to please the people: cf. F. popularit['e].] 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. [1913 Webster] A popularity which has lasted down to our time. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity. [1913 Webster] This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 3. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. [1913 Webster] Popularities, and circumstances which . . . sway the ordinary judgment. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. The act of courting the favor of the people. [Obs.] “Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition.” --Holland. [1913 Webster] 5. Public sentiment; general passion. [R.] [1913 Webster] A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]