| pop star |
a successful and famous performer of popular music. |
| pop the question |
(informal) to make a proposal of marriage. |
| pop-top |
denoting or having a top that can be popped open, usu. with a pull tab, as on vacuum-packed cans. [3 definitions] |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place; population. [2 definitions] |
| popular |
widely liked or enjoyed; regarded favorably by many. [3 definitions] |
| popular culture |
the part of culture, esp. the realms of the arts, entertainment, and fashion, that appeals to or is consumed by the masses and is often commercially-driven. |
| popular front |
a political coalition of various leftist and centrist parties struggling against fascism and promoting social reform. |
| popularity |
the condition or fact of being widely liked or admired. |
| popularize |
to make generally known, liked, or understandable. |
| popular sovereignty |
the doctrine that a state is subject to the will of the people who comprise that state. |
| popular vote |
in the U.S., the vote for a President as participated in by the voters themselves, as opposed to the vote carried out by the electoral college. [2 definitions] |
| populate |
to be residents of; inhabit. [2 definitions] |
| populated |
being inhabited by people. |
| population |
the collective human inhabitants of an area. [4 definitions] |
| population explosion |
a great expansion in a biological population, esp. of humans in the twentieth century, resulting from a continued high birth rate combined with a decrease in child mortality and an increase in longevity. |
| populism |
a political philosophy that champions the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| populist |
a person, esp. a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. [5 definitions] |
| populous |
having a large or dense population. |
| pop-up |
of, concerning, having, or being a part or device that pops up or causes something to pop up. [6 definitions] |
| pop up |
to appear suddenly or quickly. [2 definitions] |
| porcelain |
a white, glassy ceramic; china. [3 definitions] |