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PUBLICITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being open to public view
Example:
the publicity of the court room
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("publicity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Derivation:
public (not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Example:
the packaging of new ideas
Synonyms:
packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("publicity" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publicity"):
buildup (highly favorable publicity and praise)
PR; public relations (a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution)
blurb; endorsement; indorsement (a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books))
ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug (blatant or sensational promotion)
pitch; sales pitch; sales talk (promotion by means of an argument and demonstration)
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)
sales promotion (promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising)
Holonyms ("publicity" is a part of...):
marketing (the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service)
Context examples:
When a man is lost it is my duty to ascertain his fate, but having done so the matter ends so far as I am concerned, and so long as there is nothing criminal I am much more anxious to hush up private scandals than to give them publicity.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That full moon will light your tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement, so you may be thrilled with the praise and publicity you receive at this point of the month.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
But if I can be the means of restraining the publicity of the business, of limiting the exhibition, of concentrating our folly, I shall be well repaid.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Some, however, have already gained publicity through the papers, and others have not offered a field for those peculiar qualities which my friend possessed in so high a degree, and which it is the object of these papers to illustrate.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you have your own business, do more advertising, social media, and publicity after this new moon appears.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It would be a great day to sign a contract, launch a product or service, or to start a publicity campaign.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you are self-employed, it was, and still is, a good time to have meetings and some focused self-promotion, such as advertising, social media, and publicity.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you are not the writer, editor, or producer of the assignment, you might be the subject of thrilling publicity—the kind that puts your name in lights in your industry.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You may get excellent publicity on or near this day, or you may bring in a lucrative new client.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You may have already received praise, publicity, a job offer, or promotion, but if not, you have another shot at getting recognition this month.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
