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; reclaim
Example Sentences
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Instead of terrorizing the Parisians the Zeppelin raids have merely roused a vivid sense of sportsmanship and curiosity among them—at first they had a real réclame!
From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert
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
He is only a past master of réclame, of the art of advertising.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
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
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
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