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publicity

pub·li·city

UK/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/ US/pʌˈblɪsɪti/ fairly common

noun

1.

a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

  • “the packaging of new ideas”
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Origin

From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.

Phrases

  • all publicity is good publicity
  • no such thing as bad publicity
  • publicity hound
  • publicity stunt
  • right of publicity
  • there is no such thing as bad publicity

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