subliminal advertising

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a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously

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Words nearby subliminal advertising

sublimate, sublimation, sublime, Sublime Porte, subliminal, subliminal advertising, subliminal perception, sublimity, sublingual, sublingual artery, sublingual caruncle

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How to use subliminal advertising in a sentence

Meanwhile, big dollar advertising campaigns have taken an explicit rainbow-hued slant.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His advertising tells a story, but so do the objects themselves.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All those bloodthirsty tweets and arcane exhortations and now we find out you were an advertising executive—an ad exec!
The Scared Widdle Kitty of ISIS|Jacob Siegel|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Manufacturing merchandise, publicity (a radio ad in SF, Facebook ads, venue specific advertising), supplies, shipping.
How Much Money Does a Band Really Make on Tour?|Jack Conte|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This measure is largely to protect children from the advertising of drugs, which many feel would normalize the experience.
Colorado Weed Dispensaries Celebrate ‘Green Friday’|Abby Haglage|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ede was the type after which some department store advertising-department diplomat had coined the term "stylish stout."
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
All he spent was merely for the bills put up advertising the showthe show which he never intended would come off, Lil!
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Our Correspondent is referred to our numerous advertising friends, as the readiest way to supply his present want in this respect.
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various
In addition, this advertising may be harmful to those juveniles and adolescents with whom this Committee is primarily concerned.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
I turned to the advertising columns, knowing I should find something of personal interest to me there.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)