notorietyno‧to‧ri‧e‧ty /ˌnəʊtəˈraɪəti $ ˌnoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] 
John is already a writer of some notoriety.gain/win/achieve notoriety (for something) The local church has gained notoriety for being different.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Salem's tourist industry plays on its notoriety for the witchcraft trials.
- Stewart, the new quarterback from Colorado, has gained a lot of notoriety for his versatility.
- And, more importantly, so did the notoriety.
- As a forest justice he earned some notoriety.
- Howandever, didn't Imelda take it into her head that she and Franklyn were on the brink of notoriety?
- In a bid for public notoriety, the bomber criticized the news blackout of his campaign.
- No further fuel should be added to his notoriety.
- Thereafter, Bourke enjoyed the notoriety of his escapades and even wrote a book about them.
- This bloody action-comedy achieved notoriety because writer / director Robert Rodriguez made the film without studio help on a minuscule budget.
Longman Language Activatorto become famous
· Many people dream of becoming famous.· The brand name has become well known in Britain through clever advertising.become famous overnight (=very suddenly) · With the success of their first record, they became famous overnight.
to become well known, especially as a result of hard work or an unusual achievement: · Clint Eastwood first made a name for himself in the TV series "Rawhide".make your name/make a name for yourself as: · By the time he was 30, Evans had made his name as the editor of "The Sunday Times".· She is beginning to make a name for herself as a fashion designer.
to become famous, especially suddenly: · John Lydon shot to fame in the mid-1970s as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols.· She won fame as the youngest-ever Olympic champion gymnast.
to become famous for something bad: · The director's films have achieved notoriety for their graphic depiction of violence.achieve a certain notoriety (=become slightly famous for something): · The club has achieved a certain notoriety as a meeting place for criminals and drug dealers.
to suddenly become very famous and receive a lot of attention from the newspapers, television etc, sometimes only for a short time: · The island hit the headlines last year when huge tidal waves killed 2,000 people.· The bizarre court case was shown on TV and made headlines around the world.
someone, especially a young person, who is quickly becoming more and more famous: · She's one of the rising stars of politics and an excellent public speaker.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The local church has gained notoriety for being different.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the state of being famous or well known for something that is bad or that people do not approve ofof notoriety The local church has gained notoriety for being different. (=become famous, especially for doing something bad)· He gained notoriety as the author of a controversial novel.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· He achieved notoriety in the first final by turning up ten minutes late for the start.· This bloody action-comedy achieved notoriety because writer / director Robert Rodriguez made the film without studio help on a minuscule budget.· For nearly 300 years it achieved notoriety for its private madhouses.· This question has achieved some notoriety in two cases concerning telephone tapping.· Some slogans achieve notoriety for being inappropriate, and are swiftly proved as such by events.
· Nilsen gained notoriety a decade ago at the so-called house of horror in North London.· And others will gain notoriety for how fiercely wild their machinery is.· The only reason we did it was to gain notoriety.· And it gained some notoriety for obduracy on female sufferance while the rest of the developed world was gradually seeing sense.
John is already a writer of some notoriety.gain/win/achieve notoriety (for something) The local church has gained notoriety for being different.