Antipopular
regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general:
a popular preacher.
regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances:
he’s not very popular with me just now.
of, relating to, or representing the people, especially the common people:
popular discontent.
of the people as a whole, especially of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to partic-p-te in an election:
popular suffrage; the popular vote; popular representation.
prevailing among the people generally:
a popular superst-tion.
suited to or intended for the general m-sses of people:
popular music.
adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste:
popular lectures on science.
suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive:
popular prices on all tickets.
historical examples
antipopular, an-ti-pop′ū-lar, adj. adverse to the people or the popular cause.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
adjective
appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
favoured by an individual or limited group: i’m not very popular with her
connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common: popular discontent
appealing to or comprehensible to the layman: a popular lecture on physics
noun
(usually pl) cheap newspapers with m-ss circulation; the popular press also shortened to pops
adj.
early 15c., “public,” from middle french populier (modern french populaire) and directly from latin popularis “belonging to the people, general, common; devoted to or accepted by the people; democratic,” from populus “people” (see people (n.)).
meaning “suited to ordinary people” is from 1570s in english; hence, of prices, “low, affordable to average persons” (1859). meaning “well-liked, admired by the people” is attested from c.1600. of art, entertainment, etc., “favored by people generally” from 1819 (popular song). related: popularly. popular front “coalition of communists, socialists, and radicals” is from 1936, first in a french context.
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