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demicelebrity

demicelebrity noun: minor fame.

Noun

demicelebrity (countable and uncountable, plural demicelebrities)

  1. (uncountable) Minor fame.
  2. (countable) Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”).
    • Many are demicelebrities themselves.2007 January 14, Lola Ogunnaike, “TV dramas rip the cover off magazine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Synonyms of demicelebrity

Forms of demicelebrity

pluraldemicelebrities

Origin of demicelebrity

From demi- + celebrity.

Questions about demicelebrity

What does demicelebrity mean?
Demicelebrity means minor fame.
What part of speech is demicelebrity?
Demicelebrity is a noun.
What is the plural of demicelebrity?
The plural of demicelebrity is demicelebrities.

Words near demicelebrity in the dictionary

  1. demicannon
  2. demicannons
  3. demicanton
  4. demicantons
  5. demicelebrities
  6. demicelebrity
  7. demicharacter
  8. demicircle
  9. demicircles
  10. demicircular
  11. demicivilized

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