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publicity Definition

pub·lic·ity (pub lis′ə tē)

noun

  1. the state of being public, or commonly known or observed
  2. ☆
    1. any information, promotional material, etc. which brings a person, place, product, or cause to the notice of the public
    2. the work or business of preparing and disseminating such material
  3. notice by the public
  4. any procedure or act that seeks to gain this

Etymology: Fr publicité

publicity Synonyms

publicity

n.

  1. Public distribution

    notoriety, currency, publicness; see distribution 1.

  2. Free advertising

    public relations copy, release, report; see advertising 1, reporting.

  3. Activity intended to advertise

    promotion, promoting, publicizing, advertising, announcing, broadcasting, pushing, billing, making use of media, clout*, puff*, boost*, plug*; see also advertisement 1, 2.

publicity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • generate: There is also an exercise for students who want to generate publicity for something happening in their school, parish or community.
  • attract: His words attract greater publicity than most other Anglican spokesmen put together.
  • shun: He was not a flamboyant player and tended to shun publicity.
  • much-need: Anne is thrilled about the new book, and feels it will bring much-needed publicity to the condition.
  • maximize: Publicizing Your Event To ensure you maximize publicity, read our advice on publicizing your event.
  • gain: We were only concerned in winning praise for the team, and gaining publicity for the club.

Adjective modifier

  • adverse: I just hope the adverse publicity hits their profits.
  • negative: The Review was set up against a background of negative publicity against social work staff following several high profile abuse cases.
  • widespread: The price has risen in the past few weeks after the government's attempts to shut the site brought widespread publicity.
  • bad: In fact with open source, there is often the risk of more bad publicity than good.
  • favorable: They ranged from collusion with state and regularity authorities, generating favorable publicity about the safety of its products, and even espionage.
  • minimal: One that recieves minimal publicity in the West More.. .

Modifies a noun

  • stunt: Nor is Putin's tough stance on Iraq a publicity stunt.
  • campaign: We are running an ongoing publicity campaign asking site visitors to stop feeding bread to the ducks.
  • leaflet: A copy of the Central Council publicity leaflet will be included in the publicity pack sent out to parishes by The Children's Society.
  • material: Please send me any relevant publicity material you can.
  • flyer: I'll be writing our next publicity flyer over the next few days and sending it off to be printed.
  • coup: Le Tour was set up in 1903 by the sporting paper Auto, which needed a publicity coup to boost its circulation.

Noun used with modifier

  • pre-launch: ON SCREEN PAUL HOGAN " Our star comedian " was how Jeremy Isaacs ambitiously billed Paul Hogan in pre-launch publicity.
  • advance: Jon to liase with Martin to ensure advance publicity.