Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being notorious; ill fame.
from The Century Dictionary.
- The state or character of being notorious; the character of being publicly or generally, and especially unfavorably, known; notoriousness: as, the notoriety of a crime.
- One who is notorious or well-known.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
condition of beinginfamous ornotorious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
Etymologies
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Examples
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They need to enact what we call a notoriety-for-profit law.
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Kansas is going to have to realize that they ` re going to need what we call a notoriety for profit law, which means that any items produced by BTK -- for example, letters, autographs, artwork, for sale -- their authorities would be able to seize money.
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But he might gain notoriety as an American Idol or European Appeaser!
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Holly's exitement about her increased notoriety is expressed her in her own words on her blog.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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Defenseman Etienne St. Germain is a Quebec-born-and-bred rearguard playing at Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y. who is kind of sneaking in under the wire and has not received much notoriety from the NHL scouting community yet.
Red Line: Reviewing the prospects after the holiday tournaments 2009
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Holly's exitement about her increased notoriety is expressed her in her own words on her blog.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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Is the real story here that Fox created these bogus interviews because Fox has figured out that no one of any notoriety is going to let Sarah Palin interview them?
Think Progress » Toby Keith joins LL Cool J in shock at being used for Palin’s Fox News show. 2010
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With the exception of a few arthouse hits, the type of Japanese films that gain notoriety in America tend to lean towards the violent or random.
Japanese “Fish Story” one of the best of the fest » Scene-Stealers 2009
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Jason Barg, 24, a 2004 graduate of Penn State University who works for a Philadelphia accounting firm and founded an online real estate company, says notoriety is more about standing out from the crowd.
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A passion for the poem and not a passion for the notoriety is what makes a major poet happen, when you least expect it.
I want to be a “major” poet! : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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