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popularity contest

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popularity contest noun
plural popularity contests
popularity contest
noun
plural popularity contests
Britannica Dictionary definition of POPULARITY CONTEST
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: a contest or situation in which the person who wins or is most successful is the one who is most popular rather than the one who is most skillful, qualified, etc.
often used to say that someone or something is not popular