stardom
pronunciation
How to pronounce stardom in British English:
UK [ˈstɑ:dəm]
How to pronounce stardom in American English:
US [ˈstɑrdəm]
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- Noun:
- the status of being acknowledged as a star
Word Origin
- stardom (n.)
- 1860 in reference to celebrity, from star (n.) + -dom. From 1856 in reference to the celestial sort.
Example
- 1. And I must recognize your stardom .
- 2. Dewy-eyed fables about backcountry ploughboys making it to olympic stardom were exactly that .
- 3. Rarely reach the stratospheric lever of stardom that basketball players enjoy .
- 4. Mr higgs 's road to stardom began with a short , equation-riddled paper published in 1964 .
- 5. However , it also credits her stardom as a key factor in boosting uk-based film production .