popular entertainment

collocation in English

meaningsofpopularandentertainment

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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entertainment
noun[C or U]
uk
/en.təˈteɪn.mənt/us
/en.t̬ɚˈteɪn.mənt/
shows, films, television, or other performances or activities that entertain people, or a performance of ...
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(Definition ofpopularandentertainmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Traditional forms ofpopularentertainmentand their associated excesses - particularly in terms of the consumption of alcohol - were viewed as a threat to social order.
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In jazz, modernism challenged an aesthetic establishment within the sensibilities ofpopularentertainment.
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However, in general the trend to aesthetic rationalisation moved improvisatory practices into the 'anonymous' genres, and especially intopopularentertainment.
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Previously dreams had generally been considered a rather marginal phenomenon of little significance, while films began aspopularentertainmentin fairground side-shows.
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In view of the open-air spaces mentioned by the reviewer above, it appears that for the most part these songs were heard in bourgeois spaces of leisure orpopularentertainment.
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In consort with new technologies of stagecraft, these elements blended eclectically to form a visual and aural culture that favoured romance and spectacle, the mainstays ofpopularentertainment.
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Performers, composers and producers in the field ofpopularentertainmentcontinue to use technology to narrow rather than broaden aesthetic boundaries in the so-called creative arts.
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They should not be going simply for the lowest common denominator ofpopularentertainment.
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In subsidisingpopularentertainment, we must be careful that it is current and popular and is not being driven out by new and better inventions.
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The cinema is probably the mostpopularentertainmentat the present time and has, therefore, the most vital and powerful effect on public opinion.
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Providingpopularentertainment, watched by millions, is different from departing from the concept of public service broadcasting.
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I feel, therefore, that serious consideration must be given to the proposal that we should provide, in the first instance,popularentertainmentprogrammes.
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I merely give it as an example of good and verypopularentertainment.
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They have been in difficulty in providing every weekpopularentertainmentand recreation for large numbers of people.
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I can hardly visualise a situation in whichpopularentertainmentis ever subsidised from public funds.
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Let us look at the question ofpopularentertainmentas a reason for supporting the industry.
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They consider it apopularentertainmentof no very great value, apart from being an entertainment.
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Why should they be penalised because they provide a morepopularentertainmentthan cricket?
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I think muchpopularentertainmentis extremely good.
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As a society, are we content that that influence should so largely rest with those providingpopularentertainmentfor commercial profit?
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