notoriety
noun
the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known.
notorieties
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pluralof notoriety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Insufferable to him were all notorieties and celebrities: where he could not outshine, he fled.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Obviously they spent their lives in meeting notorieties on inbound steamers, and made naught of it.
From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett
Few of our notorieties could be trusted to think out any economic or social problem thoroughly and efficiently.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by George William Russell
And perhaps the author of the Potiphar Papers is in his way quite as characteristic of New York as any of the more self-seeking notorieties who din into our ears the catalogue of their merits.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
He did not, of course, pay any heed to the gossip that coupled her name with dukes and other notorieties.
From The Sorcery Club by Elliott O'Donnell
