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Meaning of popular

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  popular
      adj 1: 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" [ant: {unpopular}]
      2: carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the
         popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of
         popular government"
      3: 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" [syn: {democratic}, {popular}]
      4: (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among
         young people) [syn: {popular}, {pop}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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