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[ noun ] the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

Examples

: "his charm soon won him affection and popularity" "the universal popularity of American movies"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

The popularity of folklore in America stands in direct proportion to the popularity of nationalism in America .

The popularity of folklore in America stands in direct proportion to the popularity of nationalism in America .

The popularity of local color literature before the Spanish-American_War , the steady currency of the Lincoln myth , the increased emphasis on the frontier west in our mass_media are cases_in_point .

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

The sensational and frightening enjoyed popularity :

The `` chase '' as a standard film device probably dates_from The_Great_Train_Robbery , and there is a reason for the continued popularity of the device .

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