publicity

pub·lic·i·ty  (p-bls-t)

n.

1.

a. Information that concerns a person, group, event, or product and that is disseminated through various media to attract public notice.

b. Public interest, notice, or notoriety achieved by the spreading of such information.

c. The act, process, or occupation of disseminating information to gain public interest.

2. The condition of being public.

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[French publicité, from public, public, from Old French; see public.]

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publicity

Noun

1. the process or information used to arouse public attention

2. the public interest so aroused

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	publicity - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas" promotion, promotional material, packaging marketing - the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing" subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about buildup - highly favorable publicity and praise; "his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup" public relations, PR - 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); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book" ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug - blatant or sensational promotion sales pitch, sales talk, pitch - 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
	2.	publicity - the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

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publicity

noun 1. advertising, press, promotion, hype, boost, build-up, plug (informal) puff, ballyhoo (informal) puffery (informal) boosterism

2. attention, exposure, fame, celebrity, fuss, public interest, limelight, notoriety, media attention, renown, public notice

Translations

publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ] n → publicidad f

publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ] n → publicité f

publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ] n (information) → Werbung f;

(attention) → Publicity f

publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ] n → pubblicità