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microceleb

microceleb is the clipping 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 microceleb

pluralmicrocelebs

Questions about microceleb

What is microceleb the clipping of?
Microceleb is the clipping of microcelebrity.

Words near microceleb in the dictionary

  1. microcaverns
  2. microcavitation
  3. microcavities
  4. microcavity
  5. microccocal
  6. microceleb
  7. microcelebrities
  8. microcelebrity
  9. microcelebs
  10. microcell
  11. microcells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microceleb (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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