Hypertext Webster Gateway: "notoriety"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Notoriety \No`to*ri"e*ty\, n. [Cf. F. notori['e]t['e]. See
{Notorious}.]
The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of
being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an
unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.
They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed
to public notoriety. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
notoriety
n : the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
[syn: {ill fame}]
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