notability

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notability

  • /ˌnoʊ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ US
  • [ˌnoʊ.ɾəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] US

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From notable + -ity; alternatively, may be analyzed as note + -ability.

noun notabilities

  1. uncountable The quality or state of being notable or eminent.

    Similar: noteworthiness

  2. countable A notable or eminent person or thing. Lesser notabilities have indeed utilized and built upon the opportunities created for filling in the gaps within the socioeconomic and political maps of the popular community.
  3. countable, uncountable Locally eminent people; the bourgeoisie or upper middle class Just as the notability lived in its own social universe between the common citizenry and the aristocracy, so too did its intellectual universe express this complex mediation.
  4. uncountable A standard used to determine whether a subject merits its own article.

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noun quality of being notable

Françaisnotabilité, notoriété
DeutschBekanntheit

noun notable person or thing

DeutschPersönlichkeit, Bekanntheit, Celebrity, Prominenz, Notabler, Denkwürdigkeit

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"notability." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/notability. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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notability. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/notability

Chicago

"notability." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/notability.

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@misc{notability_2026,
  title = {notability},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/notability},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}