notoriety
noun
no·to·ri·e·ty
ˌnō-tə-ˈrī-ə-tē 
plural notorieties
1
: the quality or state of being notorious
the city's notoriety for corrupt and incompetent government—
R. E. Merriam
R. E. Merriam2
: a notorious person
love to have notabilities and notorieties under one roof—The Times Literary Supplement (London)
The Times Literary Supplement (London)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.
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Importantly, however, this rise to meteoric TikTok notoriety goes far beyond eye-catching, colorful products and instead is propelled by a dedication to positive messaging and community communication.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 Apr. 2025
The ’90s film may have the notoriety (Kirsten Dunst deserves), but showrunner Rolin Jones’s series digs deeper into the unhinged love story of Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid).
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
For fans of Mid-Atlantic street music, a word that’s growing in notoriety is bip.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
The company soon gained notoriety for building a database of billions of images harvested from the internet without users’ consent to power his company’s facial recognition technology.
—David Jeans, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 Apr. 2025
The ’90s film may have the notoriety (Kirsten Dunst deserves), but showrunner Rolin Jones’s series digs deeper into the unhinged love story of Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid).
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
For fans of Mid-Atlantic street music, a word that’s growing in notoriety is bip.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
The company soon gained notoriety for building a database of billions of images harvested from the internet without users’ consent to power his company’s facial recognition technology.
—David Jeans, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for notoriety
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“Notoriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notoriety. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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