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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Popular \Pop"u*lar\, a. [L. popularis, fr populus people: cf F. populaire See {People}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as the popular voice; popular elections. ``Popular states.'' --Bacon. ``So the popular vote inclines.'' --Milton. The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. --J. H. Newman. 2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. --Hooker. 3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many hence cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as popular prices; popular amusements. The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are of all others the basest and of least account. --Holland. 4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration. 5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [R.] Such popular humanity is treason. --Addison. 6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as a popular disease. [Obs.] --Johnson. {Popular action} (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}] 4: comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language" [syn: {plain}] 5: (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) [syn: {pop}]
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