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popular
('p/A/p/j//@/l/@/r )

adjective (a)

  • regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public(adj.all)
    Example:
    A popular tourist attraction.
    A popular girl.
    Cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular.
    Antonym:
    unpopular
    source: wordnet30
  • Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large(adj.all)
    Example:
    The popular vote.
    Popular representation.
    Institutions of popular government.
    source: wordnet30
  • representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large(adj.all)
    Example:
    A democratic or popular movement.
    Popular thought.
    Popular science.
    Popular fiction.
    Synonym:
    democratic
    source: wordnet30
  • (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    pop
    source: wordnet30
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