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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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
Once a friend of mine sought to cheer up the morose Georg Brandes by predicting a tremendous réclame for his forthcoming work.
From My Little Boy by Ewald, Carl
On literary réclame, he says much that is true—if not the whole truth, in the apophthegm for instance, 'You have to become famous before you can secure the attention which would give fame.'
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
All this eminent half-dozen is glanced at, with distinct and several sneers, in a little volume which, rendered useless by lack of notes and index, must advertise itself by the réclame of abuse.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
And then to have to watch Dad and mother still pushing, scheming, intriguing; always with the affectation of despising réclame, yet doing nothing—not the most simple act—without a careful eye to it!
From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir
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