He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.
...Christian Lacroix, who gained notoriety as one of Paris's most flamboyant dress designers in the 1980s.
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Notoriety — Notoriety, Notorious † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Notoriety, Notorious (Lat. Notorietas, notorium, from notus, known). Notoriety is the quality or the state of things that are notorious; whatever is so fully or officially proved,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Notoriety — No to*ri e*ty (n[=o] t[ o]*r[imac] [ e]*t[y^]), 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
notoriety — I noun attaint, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, bruit, celebrity, censure, conspicuousness, dedecoration, degradation, denunciation, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disreputability,… … Law dictionary
notoriety — (n.) 1590s, from M.Fr. notoriété or directly from M.L. notorietatem (nom. notorietas), from notorius well known (see NOTORIOUS (Cf. notorious)) … Etymology dictionary
notoriety — reputation, repute, éclat, *fame, celebrity, renown, honor, glory Analogous words: *publicity, ballyhoo, promotion, propaganda … New Dictionary of Synonyms
notoriety — [n] reputation ballyhoo*, celebrity, center stage*, dishonor, disrepute, éclat*, fame, flak*, infamy, ink*, name*, obloquy, opprobrium, renown, rep*, scandal, splash*, spotlight*, wise*; concepts 388,411 … New thesaurus
notoriety — [nōt΄ə rī′ə tē] n. [Fr notorieté < ML notorietas < notorius] 1. the quality or state of being notorious 2. pl. notorieties Chiefly Brit. a prominent or well known person … English World dictionary
notoriety — n. 1) to enjoy notoriety 2) notoriety for (notoriety for being corrupt) 3) notoriety surrounding (the notoriety surrounding the published accounts of bribery in high places) * * * [ˌnəʊtə raɪətɪ] to enjoy notoriety notoriety surrounding (the… … Combinatory dictionary
notoriety — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ a certain, considerable ▪ international, public VERB + NOTORIETY ▪ have ▪ achieve … Collocations dictionary
notoriety — no|to|ri|e|ty [ˌnəutəˈraıəti US ˌnou ] n [U] the state of being famous or well known for something that is bad or that people do not approve of of notoriety ▪ John is already a writer of some notoriety. gain/win/achieve notoriety (for sth) ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
