celebrity
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2.8
- noun
- /səˈlɛbrɪti/
- In today's society, many people aspire to achieve celebrity status through social media.
- celebrity status
- become a celebrity
- celebrity culture
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Watch on YouTubeWe live in a celebrity obsessed world, don't we?
- We live in a celebrity obsessed world, don't we?
- A basic rule of intellectual life is that celebrity destroys quality.
- Why is it that someone being a celebrity makes your needs matter any less?
- There are very few just like instant celebrity success.
- Although I'd experienced some celebrity in Hollyoaks, but not to this level.
- If you're writing in order to be published and gain celebrity, you shouldn't be here.
- Whereas like, OK, you're about the same level celebrity as me, aren't you?
- And I look at now being being a celebrity now.
Examples
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Our research sought to determine the relationship between celebrity worship and narcissism, using an American and a British sample.
Academic text (2005) -
That's power that's using your celebrity to help people.
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Why is it that someone being a celebrity makes your needs matter any less?
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We're here for the celebrity golf tournament.
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America was the center of the cult of celebrity, and name recognition was everything.
Fiction book (1994) -
We live in a celebrity obsessed world, don't we?
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The singer will.i.am brings a celebrity endorsement to the FIRST Robotics Competition.
Academic text (2011) -
Franklin seemed well aware of his celebrity and had few qualms about exploiting it to gain access.
Academic text (2003) -
The charity event was attended by numerous celebrities who supported the cause.
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Her rise to celebrity began when she won a reality television competition.
Synonyms
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1.0
Being known by many people for something you did
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3.9
The level of public attention a person or group receives
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4.4
Being widely known as a famous performer in movies or sports
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5.6
A state of being important and easily noticed
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5.5
Wide fame and respect for someone's work or good qualities
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4.8
A state of being extremely famous and successful, often as an actor, singer, or athlete
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3.4
Being known by many people and recognized in public
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5.8
Being well known
Compounds
- Literature
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3.4
A public event where a famous person does something shocking that many people talk about
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Celebrity comes from the old Latin word celebrare, which gave a noun meaning 'fame' or being well known. So celebrity means the state of being celebrated and famous.