Popularity
[pop-yuh-lar-i-tee] /ˌpɒp yəˈlær ɪ ti/
noun
1.
the quality or fact of being .
2.
the favor of the general public or of a particular group of people:
His popularity with television audiences is unrivaled.
n.
“fact or condition of being beloved by the people,” c.1600, from French popularité (15c.), from popular + -ity. Classical Latin popularitas meant “fellow-citizenship.” Popularity contest is from 1880.
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