Popular
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Popular may refer to:
- an adjective referring to any people Because the word people often refers to abstract and general types of groups, the word persons is sometimes used in place of people, especially when it would be ambiguous with its collective sense . It can collectively refer to all humans or it can be used to identify a certain ethnic or religious group. For example, "people of color" is or population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define the population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas. Normally breeding is substantially more
- Social status In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society . It may also refer to a rank or position that one holds in a group, for example son or daughter, playmate, pupil, etc, the quality of being well-liked or well-known
- Popularity Popularity is the quality of being well-liked or common, or having a high social status. Popularity figures are an important part of many people's personal value systems, and forms a vital component of success in people-oriented fields such as Management, politics, Entertainment Industry among others. [citation needed], the quality of being well-liked.
- The mainstream Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct. It is a term most often applied in the arts . This includes:, the quality of being common, well-received, in demand
- Popular culture Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, specifically Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily, popular fiction Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is a term for fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre. In contemporary fiction an elastic term used to group works sharing similarities of character, theme, and setting—such as mystery,, popular music Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal", and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the "two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for music of all ages
- Populace A populace is a group of people forming the total population of a certain place. It is taken from the Latin word populus, which means "people", but also in the sense of a race, nationality, or locality. This can be compared with the Spanish word pueblo, which derives from the same Latin root, the total population of a certain place
- Populism Populism, defined either as an ideology , a political philosophy or a type of discourse, is a type of political-social thought that juxtaposes "the people" against "the elites", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social, a political philosophy seeking to use the instruments of the state to benefit the people as a whole
- Populous Populous is a computer game developed by Bullfrog in 1989 and is regarded by many as the first PC God game. In 1991, Populous won the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1990 as well as 1990 Computer Game of the Year in American video game magazine Video Games & Computer Entertainment. It was the first game in the, a 1989 computer game, the seminal god game; see also Populous (series)
- Popular (TV series) Popular was a teenage comedy-drama on The WB Television Network in the United States, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as two teenage girls that reside on polar opposite sides of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to co-exist when their single parents randomly meet on a cruise, a teenage dramedy on The WB
- Popular Holdings, a Singapore-based educational book company
- Popular, Inc. Popular, Inc., is a financial services conglomerate that has been operating in Puerto Rico for over 115 years, and in the United States for almost 52. In recent years it has expanded into other areas of the Caribbean and Central America. It is better known as Banco Popular, but it is also known as BPPR for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, a Puerto Rican-based financial services company, also known as Banco Popular inc
Music
- Pop!ular, single released from Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes
- "Popular" (Nada Surf song), a song by Nada Surf on their album High/Low
- "Popular" (song), a song in Wicked musical
- "Popular" (The Veronicas song), a 2008 song by The Veronicas from their hit album Hook Me Up
- Popular, an unreleased album by Van Hunt Van Hunt is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He released his debut album, Van Hunt, in 2004, and a follow-up, On the Jungle Floor, in 2006, both on Capitol Records. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for appearing on the tribute version of the Sly & the
See also
- Popularity (disambiguation)
- Poplar Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood, genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants
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