réclame
Americannoun
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publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
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hunger for publicity; talent for getting attention.
noun
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public acclaim or attention; publicity
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the capacity for attracting publicity
Etymology
Origin of réclame
1865–70; < French, derivative of réclamer; see reclaim
Example Sentences
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This method of calling attention to the merits of wares was a French one—a sort of réclame introduced by Villemessant in his journal La Sylphide.
From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
Yet he did not find the words, because he was rather pleased with the réclame of being a hero, which was an entirely new experience in a family that had been for generations in service.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
The art which descends to réclame is no art be it lauded a hundred or a thousand-fold.
From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley
He remembered Adelle, or professed to, and gave her a kindly old man's smile when he shook hands with her, in spite of all the réclame of her indecorous return to her native land.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
All the vile and secret arts of réclame and puffery were to find no place in its immaculate pages.
From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert
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