Popularity and Unpopularity

Popularity

Popularity noun - The state of enjoying widespread approval.
Usage example: the sudden popularity of low-cut blouses horrified my mother

Unpopularity is an antonym for popularity in recognition topic.

Unpopularity

Unpopularity noun - The quality of lacking general approval or acceptance.

Popularity is an antonym for unpopularity.

Nearby Word: unpopular

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Nickelback Hiroshima as a Unit of Measure: the Public Policy Polling agency - gauging the popularity/unpopularity of any given politician or party - uses Nickelback as a measurement - alongside head lice and the DMV - if someone is more hated than the band.
  • Americans Hate Tingle The popularity of Disney in Japan is inversely proportional to the unpopularity of every other American feature animation studio in the country (with the exception of Pixar, occasionally).
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