Popular - Definition
popular
adj 1: regarded with great favor, approval, or affection
especially by the general public; "a popular tourist
attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are
no longer popular" [ant: unpopular]
2: carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the
popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of
popular government"
3: representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of
the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or
popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science";
"popular fiction" [syn: democratic, popular]
4: (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among
young people) [syn: popular, pop]