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micro-celebrity

micro-celebrity is the alternative form of microcelebrity.

Meaning of microcelebrity

Noun

microcelebrity (countable and uncountable, plural microcelebrities)

  1. (uncountable) Celebrity on a small scale or in a specific area.
    • It was in this culture of microcelebrity that Anderson, an intellectual drifter who had been a hacker in his teens, saw an opportunity for MySpace.2009 April 19, Michael Agger, “Dude, Murdoch Friended Us!”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) A celebrity whose fame is on a small scale or in a specific area.
    • Gary's personal brand skyrocketed as he became a micro-celebrity, and speaking engagements started pouring in. It wasn't long before he started to affect the culture around him.2010, Juliette Powell, Social Media as Your New Business Platform, FT Press, →ISBN

Forms of micro-celebrity

pluralmicro-celebrities

Questions about micro-celebrity

What is micro-celebrity the alternative form of?
Micro-celebrity is the alternative form of microcelebrity.

Words near micro-celebrity in the dictionary

  1. micro-boredom
  2. micro-breweries
  3. micro-brewery
  4. micro-cap
  5. micro-celebrities
  6. micro-celebrity
  7. micro-cheat
  8. micro-cheated
  9. micro-cheater
  10. micro-cheaters
  11. micro-cheating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: micro-celebrity (page history and authors); microcelebrity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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