What does celebrity mean?

Definitions for celebrity
səˈlɛb rɪ ticelebri·ty

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word celebrity.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. celebrity, famous personnoun

    a widely known person

    "he was a baseball celebrity"

  2. fame, celebrity, renownnoun

    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

Wiktionary

  1. celebritynoun

    A rite or ceremony.

  2. celebritynoun

    Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

  3. celebritynoun

    A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population; a famous person.

  4. Etymology: From French célébrité.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Celebritynoun

    Celebration; fame.

    Etymology: celebritas, Lat.

    The manner of her receiving, and the celebrity of the marriage, were performed with great magnificence. Francis Bacon.

Wikipedia

  1. Celebrity

    Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media. An individual may attain a celebrity status from having great wealth, their participation in sports or the entertainment industry, their position as a political figure, or even from their connection to another celebrity. 'Celebrity' usually implies a favorable public image, as opposed to the neutrals 'famous' or 'notable', or the negatives 'infamous' and 'notorious'.

ChatGPT

  1. celebrity

    A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized and often famed or idolized by a significant number of people, due to his or her accomplishments, prominence in a certain field, or media visibility. This can include fields such as entertainment, sports, politics, or other areas of public interest. A celebrity often has a large fan base and attracts significant media attention.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Celebritynoun

    celebration; solemnization

  2. Celebritynoun

    the state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington

  3. Celebritynoun

    a person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place

  4. Etymology: [L. celebritas: cf. F. clbrit.]

Wikidata

  1. Celebrity

    A celebrity is a person, who has a prominent profile and commands some degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media. The term is often synonymous with wealth, implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public. Various careers within the fields of sports and entertainment are commonly associated with celebrity status. These fields have produced prominent figures within these two industries. While people may gain celebrity status as a result of a successful career in a particular field, in other cases, people become celebrities due to media attention for their extravagant lifestyle or wealth; for their connection to a famous person; or even for their misdeeds. Celebrities may be known around the world, within a specific country; or within a region.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of celebrity in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of celebrity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of celebrity in a Sentence

  1. Danny Diaz:

    He looks at the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and sees that we have a performer, a performer who hasn't delivered, you look on this debate stage and you see a reality TV celebrity, you see U.S. senators who haven't done anything other than file amendments and give floor speeches; a lot of performers and a lot of actors, a lot of talk, a lot of showmanship, but very little accomplishment, very little leadership.

  2. Jeff Goodwin:

    A large part of Trumpism's appeal is Trump's personal appeal to a lot of people -- as a celebrity, as a crass speaker of truth, as these people see him, someone who doesn't mince words, someone who really tells it like it is. He's figured things out, he's a billionaire and he knows how the system works, all these elements of Trump's personality and character seem to have a lot of appeal to a big segment of the population. But I don't know if there is Trumpism without Trump.

  3. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul:

    We run a tight ship around here, we plan on being in for the long hall, and I think ultimately celebrity will sort of filter out of this.

  4. Van Jones:

    The real Kim is a little bit of a nerd quite frankly, and a little bit of a book worm, she just inhales this legal stuff in a way that's hard to imagine. You've got four little kids and a celebrity husband and a bunch of businesses to run, but she is just inhaling these law books. I mean listen, does she authentically like beauty and fashion and all that stuff ? Yeah, but I think that she was moving in this direction as a kid. I think she wanted to be like her dad.

  5. Cooper Lawrence:

    I think a lot of it is people are so desperate to feel like everything's back to normal and what's more back to normal than caring about celebrity.

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