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[puh-blis-i-tee]

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noun

extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.

public notice so gained.

the measures, process, or business of securing public notice.

information, articles, or advertisements issued to secure public notice or attention.

the state of being public, or open to general observation or knowledge.

Origin:
1785–95; < French publicité < Medieval Latin pūblicitās. See public, -ity

Related forms

non·pub·lic·i·ty, noun

o·ver·pub·lic·i·ty, noun

pro·pub·lic·i·ty, adjective

su·per·pub·lic·i·ty, noun

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Today's literary publicity stunts pale before the sandwich boards, hot-air balloons and beer ads of yore.

Even bad publicity is publicity and amounts to more sales.

Wal-Mart's critics dismiss the move as a publicity stunt.

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Today's literary publicity stunts pale before the sandwich boards, hot-air balloons and beer ads of yore.

Even bad publicity is publicity and amounts to more sales.

Wal-Mart's critics dismiss the move as a publicity stunt.

McGivern may have been more interested in generating publicity than mounting a serious search, critics now suggest.

SInce then she has gotten lots of research funding and publicity on self repair.

Glad to see these familiar guys are getting publicity.

And the defense industry is now attempting to ride the publicity coattails of the movie's success, despite.

But it was also an openly choreographed publicity stunt.

It started as a publicity stunt, but now the bloom is off the rose.

She won a storm of publicity and a shamefaced invitation to the firm's headquarters.

Guest accompanying the winner must sign the liability and publicity release described below.

It has not received the publicity that nano carbons have.

It seems only reasonable that there would be some type of publicity for this milestone.

The columns did, in fact, generate some publicity in magazines and local newspapers.

The blog post cast that restaurant's debut in excited terms, and would seem to be the kind of publicity restaurateurs crave.

In a sign of how book marketing has changed, the restructuring hit the press's publicity operation hardest.

The publicity given to the raid was clearly meant to be a deterrent.

Woodfill believes pressure from the inquiry and publicity over the heist may have led the buyer to return the object.

The publicity would get you contracts all over the place.

The young offenders are required to write essays, and get a lesson in free publicity.

More photos from the extravagant publicity stunt are below.

He says the university hasn't seen proof of significant long-term benefits from the temporary publicity and visibility.

We generate publicity with the original ads, and more publicity when he drags my fifth humiliating apology of the week out of.

Churches that practice serpent handling tend to be wary of publicity.

Being displeased with the publicity that this idea has received is different than being displeased with the idea itself.

Gourard was an astute businessman with a keen eye for publicity.

He also doesn't think a right of publicity was breached.

It's a hefty chunk of change for any start-up, but the publicity may be even more valuable.

He speculates that his high profile made it hard to kill him without attracting negative publicity.

However, the publicity given to the sighting has raised a number of interesting questions.

The trial itself was a circus, largely a publicity stunt for the county.

When published the cards received negative publicity.

He insisted he was perfectly alert and lucid, adding that he was not a publicity hound, either.

In my capstone public-relations course, my students work with nonprofit organizations on publicity campaigns.

He argued it would give her more publicity than she deserved.

Used in his memoir and lectures, this was a favorite publicity photo.

It isn't merely harmless publicity for their research project.

Martha was primed and ready to poke fun at the publicity surrounding her trial.

And it's gotten him more publicity than he ever dreamed.

Sometimes family members or entrepreneurial friends will lead the publicity charge, doing the grunt work for you.

We discussed what a far-reaching publicity campaign for victims.

In addition, any guests that accompany the winner must sign the liability and publicity release described below.

It's often worth it to print the controversial even when it's tragically flawed to get debate and publicity going.

Palfrey has seized the spotlight in recent weeks with a series of publicity maneuvers.

There's a lot of potential to use a profile as a publicity organ.

Those who did it better have always garnered more publicity than those who did it first.

He used the position not to alleviate the suffering bit to get publicity for himself.

Publicity stunts have been performed to extract money from the perpetually guilt ridden hand wringers.

It is of course a publicity stunt, designed to shift the regular, plastic-encased version of the disk.

National publicity for the science center is probably unrealistic, and the president needs to hear that.

Not only did it receive far more publicity than its sponsorship money would have bought.

Wright works for the publicity firm that represents the sign and has given me access to an area usually off-limits.

It needs publicity because too many homeowners, builders and architects are unaware or have misconceptions about heat pumps.

Docekal hopes the publicity will inspire organizations to patch their servers.

And bad publicity from financial misdeeds at colleges and other nonprofit organizations has helped fuel the fire.

Not all the publicity has been favourable, however.

Nor is it a publicity stunt, he argues, answering an accusation that's been raised.

It has shunned publicity and notified shoppers only vaguely that they are being tracked.

Wagoner says the next few months will be spent drumming up publicity.

Company bosses can usually escape from the pressure of public opinion and the glare of publicity that defines political life.

The guy has gotten all the publicity that he wanted beyond his wildest dreams.

These are excellent tracks by artists who will now garner some much-needed publicity after being chosen by.

Monographs do not have those built-in publicity mechanisms.

With bad publicity in the air, more and more animals will undoubtably be.

Gastell's involvement has strengthened speculation that the song is a government-sponsored publicity stunt.

The gift programs also have full-time staff members and a publicity budget.

With all the negative publicity of pitbull attacks recently.

If some of the junior-level publicity people have transformed their cubicle into a meth lab, your agent will find out about that.

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World English Dictionary

publicity (pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ)

—n
1.	a. the technique or process of attracting public attention to people, products, etc, as by the use of the mass media
	b. (as modifier): a publicity agent
2.	public interest resulting from information supplied by such a technique or process
3.	information used to draw public attention to people, products, etc
4.	the state of being public

[C18: via French from Medieval Latin pūblicitās; see public]

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Word Origin & History

publicity

1791, "condition of being public," from Fr. publicité (1694), from M.L. publicitatem (nom. publicitas), from L. publicus (see public). Sense of "making something known, advertising" is from 1826. Publicity stunt first recorded 1926. Publicize first recorded 1928. Publicist

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(1792) is from Fr., originally "writer on current topics;" meaning "press agent" is from 1930.

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