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popular culture

[pop-yuh-ler kuhl-cher]

  1. cultural and commercial artifacts, media, and entertainment reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.

    Most artists are influenced by a variety of external sources, including popular culture.

    The actor's role in the series made her an important figure in popular culture.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of popular culture1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Our current masculinity obsession in popular culture dates back to Trump’s first time in the Oval Office, only back then the push was coded as catering to working-class audiences.

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Shifting the way AI is depicted in popular culture could help shift those perceptions, or at least that’s what some techies and AI enthusiasts hope.

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To appreciate how we got here, we need to understand the word itself, and how it caught fire in popular culture.

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All these iterations of female friendship received their fair share of hatred and handwringing in the popular culture of their time.

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Known as “the Rock,” the prison, which had capacity for 336 men, earned a place in popular culture as an island of remote despair.

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