subcelebrityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

subcelebrity (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 subcelebrities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.
   • 1908, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, "The Torch", Out West, August 1908:

     Himself almost unknown, Gay yet held a curious subcelebrity with not a few men who had won distinction in widely diverging lines.

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2. (countable) A person who is somewhat known but not famous enough to be considered a true celebrity.
   • 1912, Beth Harbison, When in Doubt, Add Butter, St. Martin's Press (2012), ISBN 9780312599096, page 62:

     So Angela was relegated to the netherworld of D.C. subcelebrities — not quite interesting enough to be famous but just famous enough to be interesting.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:subcelebrity.

関連する語

• sublebrity