minicelebrity

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ celebrity.

Noun

minicelebrity (plural minicelebrities)

  1. Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”).
    Synonyms: C-lister, demicelebrity, sublebrity
    Coordinate terms: microcelebrity, noncelebrity, pseudocelebrity, semicelebrity, subcelebrity
    • 2009 June 18, Brad Stone, “Keeping a true identity becomes a battle online”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      But in this more narcissistic Internet era, people who were once happily anonymous view themselves as online minicelebrities with their own brands to promote.
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