popular
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
popular/ˈpɒpjələ(r)/
▶adjective
- 1 liked or admired by many or by a particular person or group.
- 2 intended for or suited to the taste or means of the general public.
■ (of a belief or attitude) widely held among the general public.
- 3 (of political activity) of or carried on by the people as a whole.
– derivatives
popularism noun,
popularity noun,
popularly adverb.
popularism noun,
popularity noun,
popularly adverb.
– origin ME: from L. popularis, from populus ‘people’.
'popular' also found in these Oxford entries:
acid rock
- acoustic
- allemande
- alt.
- AOR
- avant-
- back
- backbeat
- backing
- backline
- ballad
- bandoneon
- bandwagon
- barb
- barbershop
- bar sinister
- beehive
- beguine
- bhangra
- black bottom
- blackwork
- bloodfin
- bluefish
- Bollywood
- bonkbuster
- bootlace tie
- break
- breakbeat
- breakout
- busby
- butterfly fish
- cakewalk
- canary
- carol
- catch
- catchword
- chanteuse
- chemise
- chrisom
- commedia dell'arte
- commode
- contrarian
- country music
- country rock
- crossover
- crowd-pleaser
- crown of thorns
- crunk
- cult
- delphinium
