"publicity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: publicities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪsɪti Etymology: From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|publicité}} French publicité, {{der|en|ML.|pūblicitātem}} Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, {{der|en|la|pūblicus||public, general}} Latin pūblicus (“public, general”), {{suffix|en|public|ity|nocat=1}} public + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} publicity (usually uncountable, plural publicities)
  1. Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Advertising Translations (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something): գովազդ (govazd) (Armenian), реклама (reklama) [feminine] (Bulgarian), publicitat [feminine] (Catalan), 宣傳 /宣传 (xuānchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), publiciteit (Dutch), reklamo (Esperanto), publicité [feminine] (French), Werbung [feminine] (German), διαφήμιση (diafímisi) [feminine] (Greek), प्रचार (pracār) (Hindi), bolscaireacht [feminine] (Irish), pubblicità (Italian), 宣伝 (senden) (alt: せんでん) (Japanese), 広報 (kōhō) (alt: こうほう) (Japanese), рекла́ма (rekláma) [feminine] (Macedonian), publisiti (Malay), pengiklanan (Malay), seranta (Malay), publisitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), publisitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), publicidade [feminine] (Portuguese), publicitate [feminine] (Romanian), рекла́ма (rekláma) [feminine] (Russian), пабли́сити (pablísiti) [neuter] (Russian), publicidad [feminine] (Spanish), publicitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-publicity-en-noun-YNztNPVa Disambiguation of Advertising: 81 6 5 9 Disambiguation of 'advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something': 74 21 1 4
  2. Public interest attracted in this way. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (public interest attracted in this way): publicitat [feminine] (Catalan), publiciteit (Dutch), δημοσιότητα (dimosiótita) [feminine] (Greek), publisiti (Malay), publicitate [feminine] (Romanian), сла́ва (sláva) [feminine] (Russian), изве́стность (izvéstnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-publicity-en-noun-pUogpvi0 Disambiguation of 'public interest attracted in this way': 14 81 1 4
  3. The condition of being the object of public attention. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the condition of being the object of public attention): հրապարակայնություն (hraparakaynutʻyun) (Armenian), публичност (publičnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), гласност (glasnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), δημοσιότητα (dimosiótita) [feminine] (Greek), publisiti (Malay), гла́сность (glásnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), пабли́сити (pablísiti) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-publicity-en-noun-y3Bdw1ql Disambiguation of 'the condition of being the object of public attention': 2 3 92 4
  4. The quality of being public, not private. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-publicity-en-noun-No6foQrW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 16 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 16 11 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 16 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 10 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 8 12 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 12 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 12 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 13 9 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 10 6 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 12 8 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 12 6 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 9 10 5 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 11 10 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 10 6 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 10 6 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 12 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 8 12 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 9 5 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 13 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 3 2 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 12 6 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 12 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 10 6 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 7 5 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 11 6 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all publicity is good publicity, no such thing as bad publicity, publicity-hound, publicity hound, publicity stunt, right of publicity, there is no such thing as bad publicity Related terms: public, publicist, publicness

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1979 August 11, “Man Found Not Guilty”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 2:",
          "text": "A gay man accused of disorderly conduct for posting publicity for a Boston gay event was found not guilty in Cambridge District Court on July 22.",
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          "ref": "1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73:",
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          "text": "Amelia's gentle eyes, too, had been fixed anxiously on the pair, whose conduct had so chafed the jealous General; but when Rebecca entered her box, she flew to her friend with an affectionate rapture which showed itself, in spite of the publicity of the place; for she embraced her dearest friend in the presence of the whole house, at least in full view of the General's glass, now brought to bear upon the Osborne party.",
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      "word": "all publicity is good publicity"
    },
    {
      "word": "no such thing as bad publicity"
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    },
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      "word": "publicity hound"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "publicist"
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        {
          "ref": "1979 August 11, “Man Found Not Guilty”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 2:",
          "text": "A gay man accused of disorderly conduct for posting publicity for a Boston gay event was found not guilty in Cambridge District Court on July 22.",
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        "Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something."
      ],
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          "rouse"
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        {
          "ref": "1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73:",
          "text": "Any publicity, runs the axiom, is good publicity.",
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        }
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        "Public interest attracted in this way."
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    {
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        "usually"
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        {
          "ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Amelia's gentle eyes, too, had been fixed anxiously on the pair, whose conduct had so chafed the jealous General; but when Rebecca entered her box, she flew to her friend with an affectionate rapture which showed itself, in spite of the publicity of the place; for she embraced her dearest friend in the presence of the whole house, at least in full view of the General's glass, now brought to bear upon the Osborne party.",
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "govazd",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "գովազդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "reklama",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "реклама"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuānchuán",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "宣傳 /宣传"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "publiciteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "reklamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Werbung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diafímisi",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαφήμιση"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pracār",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "प्रचार"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bolscaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "pubblicità"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんでん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senden",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "宣伝"
    },
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      "alt": "こうほう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōhō",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "広報"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rekláma",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рекла́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "publisiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "pengiklanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "word": "seranta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "publisitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "publisitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rekláma",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рекла́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pablísiti",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пабли́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "publicitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "word": "publiciteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimosiótita",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δημοσιότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "word": "publisiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "publicitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sláva",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сла́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izvéstnostʹ",
      "sense": "public interest attracted in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изве́стность"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hraparakaynutʻyun",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "word": "հրապարակայնություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "publičnost",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "публичност"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glasnost",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гласност"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimosiótita",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δημοσιότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "word": "publisiti"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glásnostʹ",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́сность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pablísiti",
      "sense": "the condition of being the object of public attention",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пабли́сити"
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}

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