crowdpleaser

See also: crowd-pleaser

English

Alternative forms

• crowd-pleaser

Etymology

crowd +‎ pleaser

Pronunciation

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Noun

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?

Further reading

• “crowd-pleaser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.