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