publicity

[ puh-blis-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.

  2. public notice so gained.

  1. the measures, process, or business of securing public notice.

  2. information, articles, or advertisements issued to secure public notice or attention.

  3. the state of being public, or open to general observation or knowledge.

Origin of publicity

1
1785–95; <French publicité<Medieval Latin pūblicitās.See public, -ity

Other words from publicity

  • non·pub·lic·i·ty, noun
  • o·ver·pub·lic·i·ty, noun
  • pro·pub·lic·i·ty, adjective
  • su·per·pub·lic·i·ty, noun

Words Nearby publicity

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How to use publicity in a sentence

  • Mr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.

    Physiology of The Opera | John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
  • Please advise the surrender as soon as possible in order to give due and solemn publicity to the event.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • But few knew of this her literary streak, as her mother styled it, for she dreaded any publicity.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • For one deathless moment his genius had carried him to the heights, and a white blaze of publicity had given him a halo of glory.

    The Man from Time | Frank Belknap Long
  • She did it with publicity, too, kneeling on the chunam floor of the chapel for an hour at a time explaining matters.

    Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for publicity

publicity

/ (pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ) /


noun
    • the technique or process of attracting public attention to people, products, etc, as by the use of the mass media

    • (as modifier): a publicity agent

  1. public interest resulting from information supplied by such a technique or process

  1. information used to draw public attention to people, products, etc

  2. the state of being public

Origin of publicity

1
C18: via French from Medieval Latin pūblicitās; see public

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