Popular is used to describe political activities which involve the ordinary people of a country, and not just members of political parties. The late President Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by a popular uprising in 1986. adj. Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana Italian Popular Party popular front popular music Popular Republican Movement popular sovereignty Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Río de Oro Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman

Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. - w: Samuel Johnson

Popular ideas, feelings, or attitudes are approved of or held by most people. The military government has been unable to win popular support + popularity popu·lar·ity Over time, though, Watson's views gained in popularity

regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular

popular

comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"

carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"

Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease

Popular newspapers, television programmes, or forms of art are aimed at ordinary people and not at experts or intellectuals. Once again the popular press in Britain has been rife with stories about their marriage. one of the classics of modern popular music

(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"

Frequently encountered or widely accepted

Something that is popular is enjoyed or liked by a lot of people. This is the most popular ball game ever devised Chocolate sauce is always popular with youngsters. unpopular + popularity popu·lar·ity the growing popularity of Australian wines among consumers Walking and golf increased in popularity during the 1980s

{s} of the general population; well-liked, admired; approved, accepted; common, prevailing

representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "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)

Someone who is popular is liked by most people, or by most people in a particular group. He remained the most popular politician in France unpopular + popularity popu·lar·ity It is his popularity with ordinary people that sets him apart

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

big

Walls are very big these days. - Walls are very popular these days.

It's very big these days. - It's very popular these days.

popular assembly

A localized citizen gathering to address issues of importance to the community

popular culture

The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing, entertainment, films, mass media, music, sports , and style

popular etymology

Same as folk etymology

popular music

Any genre of music that has a wide appeal amongst the general public of a society dominated by urban culture and advanced technology, especially music with less complexity than "classical music"

popular science

An interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students

Popular Front

(Politika Siyaset) A popular front is a broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of leftists and centrists. Being very broad, they can sometimes include centrist and liberal (or "bourgeois") forces as well as socialist and communist ("working-class") groups. Popular fronts are larger in scope than united fronts, which contain only working-class groups

orig. Dhofar Liberation Front Resistance group founded in 1963 by Arab nationalists and religious conservatives to depose Sultan Sad ibn Taymr (r. 1932-70). In 1968 its leadership was taken over by Marxists. In 1970 the sultan was deposed by his son, Qbs ibn Sad, who softened the resistance with a combination of military pressure and economic development

extremist Palestinian organization headed by George Chabbash

Popular Mechanics

monthly American magazine that covers a variety of topics (home improvement, automotive, science, technology, etc.)

Popular Republican Movement

French social reform party. Founded in 1944, the MRP was a strong centre party of the Fourth Republic and the French expression of Christian Democracy. After winning about 25% of the vote, it declined in the 1950s, losing strength to both right and left factions. In 1966 it was merged with other right-centre parties to become the Centre Démocrate, which won only 13% of the vote. By 1968 it had become little more than a political club

popular edition

edition made for the general population

popular front

pact between the communist party and the rest of the left and central parties against the right political parties

popular front

A political coalition of leftist parties against fascism, such as that formed among European countries during the 1930s. In European politics, any coalition of working-class and middle-class political parties united to defend democracy against an expected fascist assault. The policy of a "united front" against fascism was announced at the communist Third International (1935); it was to include not only communists and socialists but also liberals, moderates, and even conservatives. Popular-front governments were formed in France and Spain in 1936, but the financial consequences of the reforms undertaken by the French government, under Léon Blum, proved its undoing, and the Spanish government was brought down by Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War

a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe

popular literature

books and stories that are easy to read

popular music

Any music intended to be received and appreciated by ordinary people in a literate, technologically advanced society dominated by urban culture. Unlike traditional folk music, popular music is written by known individuals, usually professionals, and does not evolve through the process of oral transmission. Historically, popular music was any non-folk form that acquired mass popularity from the songs of the medieval minstrels and troubadours to those elements of fine art music originally intended for a small, elite audience but that became widely popular. After the Industrial Revolution, true folk music began to disappear, and the popular music of the Victorian era and the early 20th century was that of the music hall and vaudeville, with its upper reaches dominated by waltz music and operettas. In the U.S., minstrel shows performed the compositions of songwriters such as Stephen Foster. In the 1890s Tin Pan Alley emerged as the first popular song-publishing industry, and over the next half century its lyricism was combined with European operetta in a new kind of play known as the musical. Beginning with ragtime in the 1890s, African Americans had begun combining complex African rhythms with European harmonic structures, a synthesis that would eventually create jazz. The music audience greatly expanded, partly because of technology. By 1930, phonograph records had replaced sheet music as the chief source of music in the home. The microphone enabled more intimate vocal techniques to be commercially adapted. The ability of radio broadcasting to reach rural communities aided the dissemination of new styles, notably country music. U.S. popular music achieved international dominance in the decades after World War II. By the 1950s, the migration of African Americans to cities in the North had resulted in the cross-fertilization of elements of blues with the uptempo rhythms of jazz to create rhythm and blues. Rock and roll, with figures such as Elvis Presley, soon developed as an amalgam of rhythm and blues with country music and other influences (see rock music). In the 1960s, British rock groups, including the Beatles, became internationally influential. Rock quickly attracted the allegiance of Western teenagers, who replaced young adults as the chief audience for popular music. From the late 1960s black pop (see Motown) achieved greater sophistication and a wide audience. The history of pop through the 1990s was basically that of rock and its variants, including disco, heavy metal, punk rock, and rap, which spread throughout the world and became the standard musical idiom for young people in many countries

popular psychology

superficially dealing with extremely complex scientific matters

popular sovereignty

Political doctrine that allowed the settlers of U.S. federal territories to decide whether to enter the Union as free or slave states. It was applied by Sen. Stephen A. Douglas as a means to reach a compromise through passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Critics of the doctrine called it "squatter sovereignty." The resulting violence between pro-and antislavery factions (see Bleeding Kansas) showed its failure as a workable compromise. See also Dred Scott decision

popular standard

agreed-upon and pre-set model, model that suits most of the people

popular struggle front

a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border

popular vote

vote cast by an eligible voter (as opposed to votes cast by elected representatives, such as the Electoral College)

popular with

patronized by

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pop

Fizzy water isn't very popular in the United States. - Fizzy water isn't very popular in America.

It's popular among senior citizens. - It's popular among the elderly.

popularity

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book

popularly

In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularly reported

popularity

{n} the favor or love of the people

popularly

{a} in a popular or vulgar manner

Contrary to popular belief

Something that you say before you make a statement that is the opposite of what most people believe

Italian Popular Party

formerly (until 1993) Christian Democratic Party Centrist political party whose several factions are united by their Roman Catholicism and anticommunism. They advocate programs ranging from social reform to the defense of free enterprise. The original party was founded in 1919 as the Italian Popular Party and quickly won popularity, but in 1926 the Fascists banned all political parties. After Italy's surrender in World War II, former party leaders, along with Catholic organizations, founded the Christian Democratic Party, which held power in Italy (usually in coalition with other parties) for most of the postwar era. In 1992-93 it was rocked by the involvement of some of its leading members in financial scandals and political corruption. In 1993 the struggling party reverted to its original name, but in the 1994 parliamentary elections it fell from power and was reduced to a minor party. In the late 1990s it participated in elections as part of the La Margherita coalition, which comprised one element of the leftist Olive Tree coalition

National Centre for Popular Music

a museum of pop and rock music in Sheffield, UK, in a specially built building which is shaped like four very large, shiny drums, and which contains information about pop and rock music and shows films of musicians playing

popularity

Public sentiment; general passion

popularity

{i} state of being admired by the public; being accepted, being approved; commonness, state of being widespread; state of belonging to the general public

popularity

Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap

popularity

when something or someone is liked or supported by a lot of people popularity of

popularity

The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity

popularity

the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies"

popularly

If something is popularly believed or supposed to be the case, most people believe or suppose it to be the case, although it may not be true. Schizophrenia is not a `split mind' as is popularly believed = commonly

popularly

In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported

popularly

A popularly elected leader or government has been elected by a majority of the people in a country. Walesa was Poland's first popularly elected President. = democratically. by most or many people

popularly

If something or someone is popularly known as something, most people call them that, although it is not their official name or title. the Mesozoic era, more popularly known as the age of dinosaurs. an infection popularly called mad cow disease. = commonly

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Hyphenation

po·pu·lar

Turkish pronunciation

päpyılır

Synonyms

accepted, approved, attractive, beloved, caught on, celebrated, crowd-pleasing, faddish, famous, fashionable, favored, in, in demand, in favor, in the mainstream

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/ˈpäpyələr/ /ˈpɑːpjəlɜr/

Etymology

[ pä-py&-l&r ] (adjective.) 1548. Latin popularis, from populus (“people”): compare French populaire. See people

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