Definition of notoriety
notorieties
1 : the quality or state of being notorious the city's notoriety for corrupt and incompetent government — R. E. Merriam
2 : a notorious person love to have notabilities and notorieties under one roof — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
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Examples of notoriety in a Sentence
He achieved instant fame and notoriety with the release of his film.
She gained notoriety when nude photographs of her appeared in a magazine.
His comment about the President has given him a notoriety that he enjoys very much.
Recent Examples of notoriety from the Web
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Facebook and Twitter spread the news, with images of clashes between police and protesters, and the movement grew in numbers and notoriety.
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Each of them generated a fair amount of notoriety recently for their commencement speeches to various assemblages of the Class of 2017.
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Bregoli’s notoriety has been meteoric, if befuddling for many.
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The collection highlighted the wonderful paradox in gays and lesbians achieving celebrity, rather than notoriety, merely because their public lifestyle was intended as entertainment and performance.
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What to see Recently a piece of Charotte’s public art art collection received international notoriety in London’s Telegraph Newspaper online.
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Trump had already gained notoriety for his handshake, a vigorous tug that has caught some world leaders off guard.
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But there’s a fine line between achieving notoriety and having to measure up to other people’s ideals.
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The notoriety helped make the German hacker-turned- executive behind FinFisher a rock star of the ISS circuit.
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Origin and Etymology of notoriety
Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French notorieté, from Medieval Latin notorietat-, notorietas, from notorius
First Known Use: circa 1650
NOTORIETY Defined for English Language Learners
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: the condition of being famous or well-known especially for something bad : the state of being notorious
NOTORIETY Defined for Kids
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: the state of being widely known especially for some bad characteristic He gained notoriety with the film.
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