crowdpleaser

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Etymology

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From crowd +‎ pleaser.

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Noun

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crowdpleaser (plural crowdpleasers)

  1. Someone or something that is pleasing to the majority of a group.
    • 2000, Stuart Oderman, Lillian Gish: a life on stage and screen, page 17:
      Moths and the Flame seems to be the crowdpleaser here, having matinee and evening performances.
    • 2016 December 21, Michael Billington, “Art review – Rufus Sewell shines in finely shaded character study”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Is Reza’s play, in the end, a modern classic or a modish crowdpleaser?

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