notoriety

English

Etymology

From notorious, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius, from Latin nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /noʊ.tɚ.aɪ.ə.ti/

Noun

notoriety (plural notorieties)

1. The condition of being infamous or notorious.
   • 1799, Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn:

     [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.

   • 1897, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, The Celebrity^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• ill fame
• infamy

Translations

condition of being infamous

• Catalan: notorietat (ca) f
• Estonian: kurikuulsus
• Finnish: pahamaineisuus (fi)

• Russian: дурная слава 'f'
• Spanish: notoriedad (es) f