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| 1. | [ adjective ] regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public | |
| Examples: | "a popular tourist attraction" "a popular girl" "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular" |
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| Related terms: | unpopular best-selling favorite touristed hot fashionable popularity | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (politics) carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large | |
| Examples: | "the popular vote" "popular representation" "institutions of popular government" |
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| Related terms: | democratic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | |
| Synonyms: | democratic | |
| Examples: | "democratic art forms" "a democratic or popular movement" "popular thought" "popular science" "popular fiction" |
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| Related terms: | common | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] comprehensible to the general public | |
| Synonyms: | plain | |
| Examples: | "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language" |
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| Related terms: | general | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) | |
| Synonyms: | pop | |
| Related terms: | music art nonclassical | |
| Similar spelling: |
popularly popularize popularity popularism popularise poplar |
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