Notability
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌnoʊ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Notability is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality or state of being notable or eminent.
Meaning
(uncountable) The quality or state of being notable or eminent.
More Meanings
- (countable) A notable or eminent person or thing.
- Locally eminent people; the bourgeoisie or upper middle class
- (uncountable, wiki jargon) A standard used to determine whether a subject merits its own article.
Example Sentences
Just as the notability lived in its own social universe between the common citizenry and the aristocracy, so too did its intellectual universe express this complex mediation.
Lesser notabilities have indeed utilized and built upon the opportunities created for filling in the gaps within the socioeconomic and political maps of the popular community.
Such petitions were part of the role of the notability as understood at the time; a manifestation of their social hegemony was the obligation to speak for or represent the local community to the imperial center.
Word Forms
- notabilities
Synonyms for notability
Depending on context, synonyms include noteworthiness, notable, luminary.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include notable, luminary, notableness, noteworthiness, notedness, noticeableness.
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