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1
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
- a television show featuring a rogues' gallery of notorieties from 20 years of overhyped scandals
Synonyms for notoriety
- cause célèbre
- (also cause celebre),
- celeb,
- celebrity,
- figure,
- icon
- (also ikon),
- light,
- luminary,
- megastar,
- name,
- notability,
- notable,
- personage,
- personality,
- somebody,
- standout,
- star,
- superstar,
- VIP
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2
the fact or state of being known to the public
- a lawyer of notoriety for the huge awards he's won in medical malpractice cases
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“Notoriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notoriety. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of notoriety was circa 1650
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