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megastar, n.|ˈmɛgəˌstɑː(r)|
[f. mega- + star n.1 5.]
An exceptionally famous, well-publicized, or successful superstar, esp. in the world of entertainment.
1978Business Week 22 May 77/2 With the number of movie roles declining, and such megastars as John Wayne succumbing to big advertising dollars, the stigma of making commercials has faded. 1979Radio Times 5 May 17/2 Robin Bailey says it was never his ambition to be a megastar. 1983Listener 8 Dec. 12/2 In poetry terms Heaney is something of a mega-star these days. 1986Sun (Melbourne) 26 Dec. (Leisure Suppl.) 6/3 Last week, Spanish megastar tenor Placido Domingo was booked for a Wembley Arena concert. 1993Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 11 Feb. a17/1 Pop megastar Michael Jackson revealed he has a disorder that destroys his skin pigmentation.
Hence megastardom n., the condition of being a megastar; the world of megastars.
1985Music Week 2 Feb. 46/1 Lionel Richie..has been carving out his own slice of megastardom. 1989Face Jan. 20/2 Sandra Bernhard: only a year or a scandal away from megastardom. 1993Sports Illustr. 27 Dec. 62/2 Fed up with the demands of megastardom, Jordan stunned western civilization by retiring from the NBA [National Basketball Assoc.] on Oct. 6. |