popularity /-larˈi-ti/ noun

1. The fact or state of being popular
2. Seeking to gain favour with the people

popularīzāˈtion or popularīsāˈtion noun

popˈularize or popˈularise transitive verb

1. To make popular
2. To democratize
3. To present in a manner suited to ordinary people
4. To spread among the people

popˈularīzer or popˈularīser noun

popˈularly adverb

popˈulate transitive verb

1. To people
2. To supply with inhabitants
3. To fill in (a cell etc) with data (computing)
4. To devastate (obsolete)

To multiply by propagation

Inhabited, peopled

populāˈtion noun

1. The act of populating
2. The number of inhabitants
3. The number of inhabitants of a particular class
4. The plants or animals in a given area
5. A group of persons, objects or items considered statistically

popˈulism noun

popˈulist noun

1. (in the USA) a member of the People's Party, founded in 1891, advocating public ownership of public services, graduated income tax, etc, or of a similar party elsewhere (historical)
2. Someone who believes in the right and ability of the common people to play a major part in governing themselves
3. A supporter, wooer or student of the common people

(of a political or social programme, cause, etc) appealing to the mass of the people

popˈulous adjective

1. Full of people
2. Numerously inhabited
3. Numerous (Shakespeare)
4. Popular (rare)

popˈulously adverb

popˈulousness noun

popular etymology noun

Folk etymology

popular front noun

An alliance of the more progressive or left-wing political parties in the state

population explosion see under explode

population inversion noun (physics)

The reversal of the normal ratio of populations of two different energy states, ie, that normally fewer and fewer atoms occupy states of successively higher energies