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subliminal advertising

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The centralized location is ideal, but there’s also more than a little subliminal advertising going on.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Then there was also a lot of talk about brainwashing—think of The Manchurian Candidate—and a whole scandal about the idea of subliminal advertising messages in movies.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2020

The topics Packard covered, particularly motivational research and subliminal advertising, were not new to the reading public.

From US News • Jul. 8, 2014

Here the insidious “hidden persuaders” of Vance Packard’s book on subliminal advertising are gaudily on display.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2011

During the trial, the lawyer keeps repeating the "price," sometimes leaves it on a blackboard as a means of subliminal advertising.

From Time Magazine Archive

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