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Webster 1913 Edition
Notoriety
Noˊto-ri′e-ty
(nōˊtō̍-rī′ē̍-ty̆)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
notoriété
. 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 crimeThey were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public
notoriety
. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Notoriety
NOTORI'ETY
,Noun.
1.
Exposure to public knowledge; the state of being publicly or generally known; as the notoriety of a crime.2.
Public knowledge.They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety.
Definition 2024
notoriety
notoriety
English
Noun
notoriety (plural notorieties)
- The condition of being infamous or notorious.
- 1799, Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn:
- [H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation.
- 1897, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
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Synonyms
Translations
condition of being infamous
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