publicity
publicities
Publicity is a public message whose purpose is to let people know about something, like a concert or a new product.
If you go around town putting up posters that advertise a community production of "Annie," you are helping with the play's publicity. In the business world, it's common to hear the terms "publicity campaign" and "publicity stunt." Originally, the word publicity was used to mean "condition of being public," and it wasn't until 1826 that it took on a marketing or advertising meaning.
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a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
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synonyms:
packaging, promotion, promotional material
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types:
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buildup
highly favorable publicity and praise
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PR, public relations
a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
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blurb, endorsement, indorsement
a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
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ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug
blatant or sensational promotion
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pitch, sales pitch, sales talk
promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
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ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing
a public promotion of some product or service
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sales promotion
promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising
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direct mail
advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail
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preview, prevue, trailer
an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
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advertorial
an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report
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mailer
an advertisement that is sent by mail
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newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement
a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper
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commercial, commercial message
a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
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bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
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teaser
an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
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top billing
the advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical poster
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type of:
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content, message, subject matter, substance
what a communication that is about something is about
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the quality of being open to public view“the publicity of the court room”
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quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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quality
Vocabulary lists containing publicity
After his grandmother buys him a lawnmower for his birthday, a 12-year-old boy turns his mowing earnings into a corporate empire and sponsorship of a heavyweight boxer named Joey Pow.
A twelve-year-old girl poses as a literary agent in order to get her best friend's novel published.
This list covers Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights, "Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward," and Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy.
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