ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Subcelebrity

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Subcelebrity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.

More Meanings

  1. (countable) A person who is somewhat known but not famous enough to be considered a true celebrity.

Example Sentences

Himself almost unknown, Gay yet held a curious subcelebrity with not a few men who had won distinction in widely diverging lines.
So Angela was relegated to the netherworld of D.C. subcelebrities — not quite interesting enough to be famous but just famous enough to be interesting.

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Related dictionary entries include celebrityness, celebritiness, nonfamousness, celebrityship, famousness, subliminality.

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