notoriety
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- noun
- /ˌnoʊtəˈraɪəti/
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notoriedad
- The city gained notoriety for its high crime rates and dangerous neighborhoods.
- gain notoriety
- achieve notoriety
- earn notoriety
As you said earlier, that the notoriety has always kind of embarrassed me.
- As you said earlier, that the notoriety has always kind of embarrassed me.
- I'm not trying to like gain notoriety or fucking viewership from this.
- He not seeking notoriety like Zodiac or Raider was.
- But for me, it's just like fame and notoriety, like has really taking a toll on me.
- As far as the notoriety, it also was a slow burn.
- No, no, but what I've embraced is notoriety for what I do.
- If they've got, you know, any sort of, let's call it notoriety or fame, somebody's going after them.
- I, I, I'm completely, utterly detached from like financial and success from notoriety.
Examples
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The notoriety of the Carousel Club was that it was owned by Jack Ruby.
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In spite of their paired notoriety, no evidence yet exists of a face-to-face meeting between the two.
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Well, I suppose his notoriety depends on the field that he is in.
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Once you get a bit of notoriety, James, people watch you and they will look for ways to drag you down.
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Some people want notoriety, status, fame.
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I think people nowadays are able to make money from notoriety and having fame and having attention.
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No civil liberty problem has received as much notoriety as child labor and prostitution.
Academic text (1995) -
He had gained some notoriety because of his work in experimental brain surgery.
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In the last decade of his life, he also gained notoriety in France as a leading critic of globalization.
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Few political scandals of comparable notoriety have been so thoroughly probed.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
How Notorious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word notoriety comes from an old Latin word notus meaning 'known' and is from the same root as notice. So, notoriety is being well known, often for something bad or unwanted.