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notoriety |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Notoriety \No`to*ri"e*ty\, n. [Cf. F. notori['e]t['e]. See {Notorious}.] The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense as the notoriety of a crime. They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: notoriety n : the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality [syn: {ill fame}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.
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