What is the meaning of popular?

adjective

  • Regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public.
    • usage: "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"
  • Carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large.
    • usage: "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"
  • Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large.
    • usage: "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction"
  • Of music or art. ( new and of general appeal (especially among young people)).
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APAWordNet. (2010). popular. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/popular/definitions/1181075
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "popular" http://smartdefine.org/popular/definitions/1181075 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, popular, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/popular/definitions/1181075>.
MLAWordNet. "popular" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/popular/definitions/1181075>
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