stardom

noun

star·​dom ˈstär-dəm How to pronounce stardom (audio)
Synonyms of stardomnext
: the status or position of a star

Examples of stardom in a Sentence

an actress who has achieved movie stardom
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Emily’s Sassy Lime might be fairly obscure, but its brief tangle with underground rock stardom is central to the exhibit’s exploration of teen-age self-fashioning. Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025 Back then, his face was on gigantic billboards, his adolescent dreams of rock stardom were reanimated by his acting celebrity, and the tabloids (plus South Park) were covering his public fisticuffs and affair with Meg Ryan. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025 Many of sombr’s alt-rock idols ultimately turned away from pop stardom, burned out on the road or both. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025 Her rise to stardom was painful at every stage. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stardom

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stardom was in 1865

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“Stardom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stardom. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.

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stardom

noun
star·​dom ˈstärd-əm How to pronounce stardom (audio)
: the status or position of a star

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