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Definition: Popular |
PopularAdjective1. 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". 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". 4. Comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language". 5. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "popular" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Popular \Pop"u*lar\, adjective. [Latin expression popularis, from populus people: compare to the French expression populaire. See People.]. (references) |
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POP and PoP can be:
See also: pop music, soda pop, Pop Tarts, dad (pop)
- 1. Post Office Protocol, a protocol used to receive e-mail from a mail server. See POP3 While POP clients can be configured to leave mail on the server, typically they delete the messages, once read; the result is that the email is only available on the computer it's originally read on. The IMAP protocol is different in that it leaves the email on the server, making it possible to read email from more than one computer.
- 2. Point of Presence, an Internet Service Provider's physical connection to another telecommunications network. Often found in a colocation centre. Most users only need to know about POPs for telephone dial-up access. An medium to large sized ISP generally has many POP's, some have hundreds, some even thousands.
- 3. PowerPC Open Platform, a computer hardware reference design released by IBM for free use in 1999. The successor of CHRP.
- 4. Probability of precipitation, used in a weather forecast to define the chance that rain, snow, or other precipitation will fall during the specified period.
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- Pop music
- Soft drink
- Father
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Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or a term for a sub-genre of it.
The subgenre of pop is perhaps the most widely crowd-pleasing form of popular music. As a rule, pop music features simple, memorable melodies with catchy, singalong choruses, and instrumentally features heavy use of synthesiser backing. It is instantly accessible to even the musically uninitiated. Successful pop music (and successful pop music is usually measured in terms of its commercial success without any pretence to broader artistic goals) is usually performed by charismatic performers who may or may not be musically talented but who look attractive and may dance well. Songwriting and arranging may be performed by anonymous but well-paid producers.
Pop music is often criticized for being entertaining while lacking serious musical value and artistic significance. This is believed to be primarily due to financial considerations being placed above artistic considerations by recording companies in their selection of artists and songs. Companies often judge that their profits will be maximized by selling music that has the broadest possible appeal (some works of popular music have sold tens of millions of copies). Such music is often unsatisfying to more discerning listeners. This is also at least partially why genres that manage to attain a certain level of credibility as styles in their own right are often no longer considered "pop".
In most of pop music, the record producer is a major contributor, sometimes more important than the artist, through choosing the songs and shaping the sound of the music.
The image of pop performers is often regarded as being as important as their actual music. Consequently, pop performers and their managers make elaborate efforts to project the desired image through their clothing, music video clips, manipulation of the popular press, and similar tactics. Indeed, many pop acts are formulated around achieving the desired image, with music considered later. Boy bands and girl bands are particularly carefully organised in this manner, with members chosen and groomed to fill certain stereotypes to appeal to different personalities of fan.
A particular style of song particularly associated with the pop genre is the love ballad, a slow song in which the performers sing usually highly sentimental songs about various aspects of romantic love.
Well-known pop musicians include Madonna and Michael Jackson (the self-styled "King of Pop") and from earlier days Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand, Paul Whiteman, and Rudy Vallee.
See also: Cantopop, Pop culture, Synth pop
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Popular culture, or pop culture, is the currency or iconography of a contemporary culture. An example is United States popular culture.
For example (from wikipedia) "The giant panda...is a favorite animal in popular culture."
Esotericism, although nominally the opposite of popular, may be part of popular culture, for example, freemasonry.
Popular culture is constantly changing and is specific to place and time. One may speak of mainstream popular culture, thus contemplating subsets, "Kraftwerk have impinged on mainstream popular culture to the extent that they have been referenced in The Simpsons and Father Ted."
Many scholars study popular culture. They come together through associations like the Popular Culture Association, and print articles in the Journal of Popular Culture.
See also: Pop music, Canadian popular culture, British popular culture, List of popular cultures by country
External Links
- http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/bkgrnd.html (a definition of the discipline of Popular Culture Study)
- Popular Culture Association
- Journal of Popular Culture
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Popular music, sometimes abbreviated to pop music, is music belonging to any of a number of contemporary musical styles broadly popular (ergo the term). A narrower sense of the term, usually "pop music", covers mainstream music that does not fall into any other convenient style such as jazz or hip hop. In the broader sense, "popular music" means any sort of music intended for mass consumption and propagated over the radio and similar media. For the varieties of popular music in this sense, see the list below.
A defining characteristic of popular music (in the broader sense) is that it is the product of the modern business enterprise, and is disseminated for the purpose of earning a profit. Executives and employees of popular music businesses try to select and cultivate the music that will have the greatest success with the public, and thus maximimize the profits of their firm. In this respect, popular music differs from traditional folk music, which is created by ordinary people for their own enjoyment; and much classical music, which was originally created to serve the purposes of the Church or for the entertainment of the nobility.
Although the controlling forces of popular music are business enterprises, young people who aspire to become popular musicians are certainly not always driven by the profit motive. Rather, they often want to find an outlet for their sense of expression and creativity, or simply to have fun. Historically, the conflicting motives of business people and musicians has been a source of tension in the popular music industry.
Many people play popular music together with their friends, often in garages and basements, on a casual amateur basis. This activity is one of the most widespread forms of participatory music-making in modern societies. As participatory music, "garage bands" are a new development in traditional folk music, which (where it survives) is likewise performed by ordinary people for enjoyment. The difference is that amateur performers of popular music are well acquainted with the expert performances that they hear on recordings, and often try to emulate them. In the past, folk music had few professional experts and was spread by word of mouth and by songsheets, although today folk music is the subject of considerable scholarly study and is widely available on recordings.
A list of current performers of popular music can be found at:
Music genres that can be described as popular music include:
- List of popular music performers
See also:
- Acid House
- Bluegrass
- Blues
- Bubblegum Pop/Bubblegum Rock
- Country music
- Disco
- Easy-listening music
- Electronic music
- Folk music
- Grunge
- Japanese popular music
- Jazz
- New wave music
- Pop music
- Progressive rock
- Punk rock
- Rap music
- Reggae
- Rock and roll
- Rhythm and blues
- Soul music
- Traditional pop music
- Pop culture
- Music radio
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A person, action, decision or thing becomes popular if many people like that entity/object. Popularity figures as an important part of many people's personal value systems, and forms a vital component of success in people-oriented fields such as politics.Many different variations of popularity exist, and many ways in which to gain it. General popularity usually involves respect in two directions: the popular person is respected by his peers, and will simultaneously show them respect, thus reinforcing their belief that he is deserving of his popularity. Likewise, amicability is an important component of popularity, as a person who does not like others is unlikely to be liked by others. The two-way nature of inter-personal popularity is often overlooked by people, particularly the young, who are attempting to become popular: being loud or a show-off may be successful in gaining attention, but is unlikely to provide the necessary mutual respect involved for true popularity.
Humour may also be a viable means of increasing one's popularity, as there are few people in the world who do not warm to somebody who amuses them. However if taken too far this strategy can result in one being seen as a clown or buffoon, who ends up laughed at rather than laughed with, and who misses out on the crucial component of respect.
Compare popular music, populism.
Member parties of the coalition European Popular Party are usually demochristian parties like the Spanish Partido Popular and the Italian Partito Popolare.
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(There is no universally-used term for this kind of music, but at least one reference calls it by this name, so this is the name under which I put it. Another name sometimes used is mainstream pop music.)This article deals with the type of music that succeeded big band music and preceded rock and roll as the most popular kind of music in the United States of America, most of Europe, and some other parts of the world.
Traditional pop music is the popular music of the late 1940s and early 1950s. It developed from big band music as a result of the emphasis shifting from the band to the singer.
Singers who typified this genre:
Male singers Female singers Male groups Female groups
- Tony Bennett
- Don Cherry
- Perry Como
- Don Cornell
- Eddie Fisher
- Dean Martin
- Guy Mitchell
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Frank Sinatra
- Teresa Brewer
- Rosemary Clooney
- Doris Day
- Connie Francis
- Joni James
- Patti Page
- Dinah Shore
- Jo Stafford
- Kay Starr
- Gale Storm
- The Ames Brothers
- The Crew-Cuts
- The Four Aces
- The Four Lads
- The Hilltoppers
- The Mills Brothers
- The Vogues
- The Chordettes
- The McGuire Sisters
(Note that the Jimmie Rodgers mentioned above is not to be confused with an earlier country music singer of the same name. He, Connie Francis, and The Vogues were from a somewhat later era than most of the singers listed above; however, their style is closer to traditional pop than to the rock and roll typical of their era.)
Sometimes this music is considered "easy-listening music," but there is at best a large overlap between the two.
See also: 1970s Music Groups
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| pop | English | Popular | Language |
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Synonyms: PopularSynonyms: democratic (adj), plain (adj), pop (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unpopular (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Approved, praised;Verb: uncensured, unimpeached; popular, in good odor; in high esteem; (respected); in favor, in high favor. |
Assent | Unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi; popular belief, current belief, current opinion; public opinion; concurrence; (of causes); cooperation; (voluntary). |
Belief | Tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking; popular belief; (assent). |
Love | Loved; Verb: beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. |
Repute | Adjective: distinguished, distingue, noted; of note; Noun: honored; Verb: popular; fashionable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Popular |
| Etymologies containing "popular": sirloin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Popular" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (populaer), Papiamen (popular), Portuguese (common, communal, demotic, exoteric, pinup, popular), Portuguese Brazilian (popular), Romanian (pop, popular), Spanish (demotic, famed, lore, pop, popular). |
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Screenplays | I bet you're very popular with the girls (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Yeah! I mean Hercules is a very popular name nowadays (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson) My, aren't I the popular one (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls; writing credit: Steve Oederkerk) Because if I wasn't, you'd be the most popular history teacher at the University of Wisconsin (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) I don't need you any more, I'm popular now (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Another big news story of year concerned the ecumenical council in Rome, known as Vatican II. Among the things they did in an attempt to make the church more commercial was to introduce the vernacular into portions of the mass, to replace Latin, and to widen somewhat the range of music permissible in the liturgy, but I feel that if they really want to sell the product, in this secular age, what they ought to do is to redo some of the liturgical music in popular song forms (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) From the Bible to the popular song, (Oedipus Rex; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) The last part of which is completely irrelevant, as with the whole thing I guess, except, it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song which is one of those things about that magic, and romantic land south of the border (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Clever | An old error is always more popular than a new truth. (references; author: German Proverb) Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. (references; author: unknown) If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? (references; author: unknown) Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? Obsession. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Poesia popular (1972) Musica Popular Brasileira (1966) Um Artista Popular (1963) Olaria Popular de Niza (1962) A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Arthur Godfrey, popular entertainer and smoker who later died of lung cancer, touts Chesterfield cigarettes as safe and "best for me." Tobacco, smoking. Credit: CDC. |  | The popular National Public Radio program "The Marc Steiner Show" (WJHU, FM 88.1) and the ... Credit: NASA. |
 | The Parana River delta is a huge forested marshland about 32km northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area is a very popular tour destination. Guided boat tours can be taken into this vast labyrinth of marsh and trees. The Parana River delta is one of the world's greatest bird-watching destinations. This image highlights the striking contrast between dense forest and wetland marshes, and the deep blue ribbon of the Parana River. Credit: NASA. |  | Hanauma Bay, southeast coast of Oahu. A popular bathing and diving beach. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Carving initials and messages in these type of leaves is popular among locals. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | New bubble helmets popular for TV-- speech is clear and face is visible. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Once popular tire reefs may break apart and wash up on beaches. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Conservation filter strips are a popular practice for Illinois farmers. The strips help to keep soil and nutrients out of creeks and streams and provide quality habitat for many species of wildlife. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Milk is one of the most popular agricultural products produced in Missouri. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |  | Not only is poinsettia the most popular Christmas plant, it is the number-one flowering potted plant in the united states, even though its traditional sales period is just 6 weeks. Credit: USDA ARS News. |
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| "Moriones Mask" by Ferdinand Decena Commentary: "Moriones is a popular festival during the holy week in the philippines. It is held in marinduque where they re-enact the last days of Christ." | "Mountain river" by I Y Commentary: "This is the by the river Korozs in Transylvania; a very popular picturesque site." |
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 | A typical closing section to an American popular musical theater work. |
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Charles James Fox | Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. |
German Proverb | An old error is always more popular than a new truth. |
James Mackintosh | Whatever is popular deserves attention. |
John Bright | Popular applause veers with the wind. |
Margaret Fuller | Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. |
Publilius Syrus | When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company. |
Thomas Carlyle | Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. |
Voltaire | It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion. |
William L. Shirer | Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | In reply, I can only plead my firm conviction that the popular usage is wrong |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | But popular? Only in the sense that a serious accident on the motorway might be popular -- everyone slows down to have a good look, but no one will get too close to the flames |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | St. Francois de Sales is popular with the world, because he cheated at play |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ten to 20 years ago, hypoglycemia was a popular diagnosis. (references) | |
Needham, G.R. (1985). Evaluation of five popular methods for tick removal. (references) | ||
These often appear in the popular press, newsletters, or similar periodicals. (references) | ||
Business | Some brands sponsor popular TV programs. (references) | |
Most popular are French and Austrian ski resorts. (references) | ||
Its vehicles are very popular in the Slovak market. (references) | ||
Children | Sierra Leone | The rebels have no identifiable ethnic or regional base of voluntary popular support, and they controlled territory by terror and coercion rather than by popular consent. (references) |
Netherlands | The Government also maintains a popular hot line for children and a network of pediatricians who track suspected cases of child abuse on a confidential basis. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | In October the BNP Government banned the popular Calcutta-based Bangla-language magazine Desh. (references) |
Economic History | Poland | The manufacturing sector remains the most popular sector with foreign investors in Poland. (references) |
Central African Republic | The National Assembly is made up of 109 members elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms. (references) | |
Cayman Islands | Great Britain took formal control of the Caymans, along with Jamaica, under the Treaty of Madrid in 1670. Following several unsuccessful attempts, permanent settlement of the islands began in the 1730s. The Cayman Islands historically have been popular as a tax haven. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | While these measures were popular politically, given the public's preoccupation with crime and security, they left open the possibility of renewed military involvement in internal security functions, a role prohibited by the Peace Accords. (references) |
Colombia | Neither the Congress nor the Government attempted to pass such legislation, and there was minimal popular support for it during much of the year. (references) | |
Iran | Vigilante violence includes attacking young persons considered too "un-Islamic" in their dress or activities, invading private homes, abusing unmarried couples, and disrupting concerts or other forms of popular entertainment. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bolivia | Indigenous groups have taken advantage of the Popular Participation Law to form municipalities that offer them greater opportunities for self-determination. (references) |
Minorities | Azerbaijan | There is considerable popular concern regarding the conversion of ethnic Azerbaijanis to faiths considered alien to Azerbaijani traditions (primarily nontraditional Christian and Islamic faiths). (references) |
Trinidad and Tobago | In 1996 there were reports that several popular recreational clubs refused entry to Afro-Trinidadians and dark-skinned Indo-Trinidadians. (references) | |
Political Economy | Laos | The Ministry of Interior (MOI) maintains internal security but shares the function of state control with party and popular fronts (broad-based organizations controlled by the LPRP). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the monitoring and oversight of foreigners working in the country, although in practice MOI elements conduct the actual monitoring. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) won 96 of the 225 seats; the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), the former ruling party, won 77; independent candidates won 17; and 4 other parties won a combined 7 seats. (references) | |
Ecuador | His main supporters have been the Popular Democratic Party (DP) of former President Mahuad and the coastal-based Social Christian Party (PSC), but he has won votes from other factions on individual issues, including tax reform. (references) | |
Political Rights | Micronesia | State governors, state legislators, and municipal governments are elected by direct popular vote. (references) |
Venezuela | In Amazonas state, following a recount of all votes for governor, the CNE reversed the results of the governor's race, announcing on October 10, 2000, that Liborio Guarulla of the Popular Workers' Party (PPT) party had defeated Bernabe Gutierrez of the Democratic Action (AD) party by 10,971 votes to 10,534. Gutierrez called the CNE decision "arbitrary and unjust" but relinquished the governorship peacefully. (references) | |
Moldova | The legislation also changed the method of selecting mayors from a popular vote to appointment by local councils. (references) | |
Trade | Ecuador | Credit card orders are popular among small importers, and cash transactions have become increasingly common. (references) |
Kazakhstan | To build popular trust, the National Bank launched the National Deposit Insurance Program in 2000 and selected 16 best-performing banks to participate in it. This list includes four foreign banks: ABN-AMRO Bank Kazakhstan, Citibank Kazakhstan, Demir Kazakhstan Bank, and HSBC Bank Kazakhstan. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | List of multi-service banks to date are: The Bank of Nova Scotia, Citibank, Banco Nacional de Credito, Banco Intercontinental (BANINTER), Banco Mercantil, Banco Osaka, Banco Global, Banco Hipotecario Dominicano, Banco Dominicano del Progreso, Banco Popular Dominicano, and Banco Santa Cruz. (references) | |
Travel | Denmark | Copenhagen also has a modern seaport catering to freight vessels as well as to ocean cruise liners, and Copenhagen has become one of the most popular points of departure for cruise liners in Europe. (references) |
Egypt | Popular beverages are hot tea (sweetened and often served in a glass), Turkish coffee, fresh fruit beverages and carbonated drinks. (references) | |
Croatia | The Villa Dubrovnik is a smaller hotel in Dubrovnik which is popular with international travelers and business people for its high quality service and atmosphere. (references) | |
Women | Pakistan | Human rights monitors and women's groups believe that a narrow interpretation of Shari'a has had a harmful effect on the rights of women and minorities, as it reinforces popular attitudes and perceptions and contributes to an atmosphere in which discriminatory treatment of women and non-Muslims is accepted more readily. (references) |
Iraq | It has enacted laws to protect women from exploitation in the workplace and from sexual harassment; to permit women to join the regular army, Popular Army, and police forces; and to equalize women's rights in divorce, land ownership, taxation, and suffrage. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Honduras | In March the Popular Bloc ("Bloque Popular"), a group of dissident members of some 40 labor, peasant, and social organizations held a number of demonstrations to bring the Government, the private sector, and organized labor to the bargaining table to negotiate increases in contributions to the social security system. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The existence of ghouls has been disputed by that class of controversialists who are more concerned to deprive the world of comforting beliefs than to give it anything good in their place. In 1640 Father Secchi saw one in a cemetery near Florence and frightened it away with the sign of the cross. He describes it as gifted with many heads an an uncommon allowance of limbs, and he saw it in more than one place at a time. The good man was coming away from dinner at the time and explains that if he had not been "heavy with eating" he would have seized the demon at all hazards. Atholston relates that a ghoul was caught by some sturdy peasants in a churchyard at Sudbury and ducked in a horsepond. (He appears to think that so distinguished a criminal should have been ducked in a tank of rosewater.) The water turned at once to blood "and so contynues unto ys daye." The pond has since been bled with a ditch. As late as the beginning of the fourteenth century a ghoul was cornered in the crypt of the cathedral at Amiens and the whole population surrounded the place. Twenty armed men with a priest at their head, bearing a crucifix, entered and captured the ghoul, which, thinking to escape by the stratagem, had transformed itself to the semblance of a well known citizen, but was nevertheless hanged, drawn and quartered in the midst of hideous popular orgies. The citizen whose shape the demon had assumed was so affected by the sinister occurrence that he never again showed himself in Amiens and his fate remains a mystery. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Many people in the world do not eat at the most popular fast food places because of religious beliefs. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Well, I was a non-sexually active teenager in any capacity. I was very popular in high school, I was the homecoming queen, I was senior class president. I was not at all thinking of dating in any way, shape or form. |
Rush Limbaugh | There doesn't have to be a popular election. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | While the Chief Magistrate and the popular branch of Congress are elected for short terms by the suffrages of those millions who must in their own persons bear all the burdens and miseries of war, our Government can not be otherwise than pacific. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | At this hour the animosities of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat, and the exultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will and a sober, conscientious concern for the general weal. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | Meantime our Government in each dependency is upholding the traditions of civil liberty and increasing popular control which might be expected under American auspices. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Ours is a constitutional freedom where the popular will is the law supreme and minorities are sacredly protected. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | The expression of the popular will in favor of maintaining our constitutional guarantees was overwhelming and decisive. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | In our form of democracy the expression of the popular will can be effected only through the instrumentality of political parties. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | From a political standpoint this would have been a popular and easy course to follow. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I know it's not popular to say it tonight, but we have to act. |
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| "Popular" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Popular" is used about 10,589 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 10,589 | 879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "popular". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Demas | N/A | Biblical | Popular |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Greece | Ionian Bank-Ionian and Popular Bank of Greece SA | Peru | Popular y Porvenir Cia de Seguros SA |
| Singapore | Popular Holdings Limited | Spain | Banco Popular Espanol |
| USA | Popular, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "popular": be popular ♦ be popular with the girls ♦ become popular ♦ decreasingly popular ♦ democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria ♦ in popular speech ♦ make oneself popular ♦ make popular ♦ popular action ♦ popular belief ♦ popular daily ♦ popular edition ♦ popular election ♦ popular entertainment ♦ popular expressions ♦ popular feature ♦ popular front ♦ popular humor ♦ popular humour ♦ popular idiom ♦ popular language ♦ popular leader ♦ popular movement ♦ popular music ♦ popular music genre ♦ popular opinion ♦ popular prices ♦ popular saying ♦ popular science ♦ popular science film ♦ popular song ♦ popular speaker ♦ popular success ♦ popular tradition ♦ popular vote ♦ popular with ♦ Popular Works [Publication Type] ♦ the popular cry ♦ the popular hero. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "popular": popular-academic, popular-based, popular-bourgeois, popular-cultural, popular-democratic, popular-festive, popular-front, popular-sized. | |
Ending with "popular": anti-popular, ever-popular, once-popular. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
popular toy | 1,783 | most popular | 106 |
banco popular | 1,073 | popular culture | 105 |
popular science | 849 | popular site | 101 |
popular mechanics | 789 | popular science magazine | 94 |
popular | 785 | club plan popular | 85 |
popular baby name | 537 | popular hair cut | 81 |
popular hair style | 425 | popular wood working | 76 |
popular music | 255 | popular mechanic | 75 |
lyrics popular | 216 | majalah popular | 73 |
popular wedding song | 214 | most popular name | 71 |
popular photography | 207 | popular quote | 67 |
club popular | 187 | free music popular sheet | 66 |
banco popular de puerto rico | 183 | popular outdoor outfitters | 64 |
popular song | 175 | mecanica popular | 63 |
popular dog name | 144 | popular electronics | 60 |
most popular baby name | 137 | banco de popular pr | 59 |
popular name | 137 | popular search engine | 56 |
popular mechanics for kid | 129 | popular diet | 55 |
most popular web site | 108 | popular sovereignty | 53 |
lyrics popular song | 107 | popular boy name | 51 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "popular"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gewild, populêr. (various references) | |
Albanian | popullor (demotic, folk, national, pop, vogue, vulgar, well known), i përhapur (diffuse, diffusive, disseminated, extended, far flung, outstretched, prevailing, prevalent, scattered, vogue), i kërkuar (prerequisite, requisite). (various references) | |
Arabic | دارج (common, current), منتشر (circulating, common, current, diffuse, diffused, expanded, in circulation, outstretched, prevailing, prevalent, rife, spread, widespread), محبوب (agreeable, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearly loved, delightful, desirable, favorite, favourite, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, lover, lovey, pleasing, well-beloved), مألوف (accustomed, beaten, commonplace, conventional, customary, familiar, frequent, habitual, homely, household, ordinary, orthodox, regular, usual, vulgar), واسع الإنتشار (broadcast), خاص بالشعب, الشعبي, رائج (current, marketable, salable), شعبي (bronchial, classless, communal, demotic, folk, pop, public, vulgar), شائع (afloat, common, current, epidemic, general, prevalent, public, rife, trendy, two a penny, widespread). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | общодостъпен (exoteric, free for all, open, public), народен (demotic, folk, national, public, vernacular, vulgar), на народа, популярен (hot, lowbrow, pop). (various references) | |
Chinese | 香 (appetizing, fragrant, incense, savory, scented, sweet), 紅 (bonus, red, revolutionary), 普遍 (Commonplace, Ecumenical, universal, universally, Widespread), 普及 (ubiquitous, universal, widespread), 普 (everywhere, general, universal), 流行 (fashionable, prevalent), 民間 (among the people, folk, involving people rather than governments, non-governmental), 受歡迎 (welcome). (various references) | |
Czech | populární, oblíbený (favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet), lidový (folk, plebeian). (various references) | |
Danish | populær. (various references) | |
Dutch | veelgeliefd, populair, getapt. (various references) | |
Esperanto | populara. (various references) | |
Farsi | ملی (National, Public), محبوب (Beloved, Chary, Cuddlesome, Darling, Dear, Favorite, Lief, Lovable), وابسته بتوده مردم , توده پسند, عوام (Community, Laity), خلقی . (various references) | |
Finnish | yleistajuinen, suosittu (. . in favour), kansantajuinen, kansanomainen (folksy), helppotajuinen (easy to understand). (various references) | |
French | populaire. (various references) | |
German | volkstümlich (folk, folksy, popularly, traditional), populär (popularly), beliebt (beloved, liked, loved, prevalent), weitverbreitet (common, prevalent, widely held, widespread). (various references) | |
Greek | λαϊκόσ (demotic, folksy, laic, lay, layman), λαϊκός, λαοφιλήσ, δημοφιλής. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פופולרי, עממי (national), נוח לבריות (well liked). (various references) | |
Hungarian | népi (folk, vernacular). (various references) | |
Indonesian | populer, tenar (noise, well known), laris (in demand, selling well). (various references) | |
Italian | popolare (become populated, demotic, folk, people, pop, populate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 通俗 (common), 興味本位 , 人気 (business conditions, popular feeling, sign of life), ポーランド語 (beeper, death, drink, drip, fall drop by drop, fried potato, mail box, making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job, pager, pocket, pocket bell, pocket bike, pocket computer, pocket money, pocket monster, pocketable, pocket-size, pod, poem, poetic, poetical, poetry, point, point and shoot, point getter, point of sales system, point of view, point size, pointer, pointing, poison, pole, Polish, poll, polling, ponytail, pop, pop art, pop country, pop fly, pop gospel, pop jazz, popgroup, poppy, pops, popular music, pop-up, pop-up window, POS system, position, positioning, positive, positive film, positron, possibility, post, post-, post office, postcard, post-doc, poster, poster color, poster session, poster value, Post-It, postmaster, postmodern, post-process, postscript, post-season, pot, potato, potato chip, potato chips, pot-au-feu, potency, potential, pottering, soup, to break down, to fail), 民間 (civil, civilian, folk, private, unofficial), 民間 (civil, civilian, folk, private, unofficial), 民衆的 , 俗向き , 世俗 (common customs, the common people, the world, vulgar, worldliness), 一般的 (general, typical). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぞくむき, ポピュラー , |
