Notoriety Meaning
/nəʊ.təˈɹaɪ.ə.ti/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
Sentence Examples
Layla wasn't receiving the attention and notoriety that she wanted.
I recalled her as an energetic, autocratic personality, somewhat inclined to charitable and social notoriety.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The criminal gained ____ for his many robberies and was feared by all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The criminal gained a certain level of ____ after his daring escape from prison.
Word Origin & History
Derived from Middle French notoriété, from Medieval Latin nōtōrietās, from nōtōrius, from nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”). By surface analysis, notorious + -ety.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation."
— 1799, Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn:
"I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"This seems to me to be a reasonable request, and I will try to explain to you what it is that has given me this false notoriety; so please give me your attention."
— 1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The criminal gained ____ for his many robberies and was feared by all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The criminal gained a certain level of ____ after his daring escape from prison.