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 [pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ]

n

1. (Business / Marketing)

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. (Business / Marketing) public interest resulting from information supplied by such a technique or process

3. (Business / Marketing) information used to draw public attention to people, products, etc.

4. the state of being public

[via French from Medieval Latin pūblicitās; see public]

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 Much advance publicity was given to the talks.

2. attention, exposure, fame, celebrity, fuss, public interest, limelight, notoriety, media attention, renown, public notice The case has generated enormous publicity.

Quotations
"All publicity is good, except an obituary notice" [Brendan Behan]

Translations

publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ]

A. N

1. → publicidad f

2. (Comm) (= advertising, advertisements) → publicidad f, propaganda f

B. CPD publicity agent N → agente mf de publicidad
publicity campaign N → campaña f publicitaria
publicity manager N → director(a) m/f de publicidad
publicity stunt N → truco m publicitario

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publicity [pʌˈblɪsɪti]

n

(= advertising) → publicité f
She's in charge of publicity → Elle est chargée de la publicité.

(= media attention) → attention f de la part des médias
the renewed publicity over the Casey affair → l'attention renouvelée suscitée par l'affaire Casey
to generate publicity → mobiliser l'attention des médias
The case has generated enormous publicity in Brazil → L'affaire a mobilisé l'attention des médias au Brésil.
The trial has generated a lot of publicity → Le procès a beaucoup mobilisé l'attention des médias.
to get publicity → mobiliser l'attention des médias

(= fame) → publicité f
She sought out publicity → Elle recherchait la publicité.

modif [material, photograph] → publicitaire publicity agent, publicity campaign, publicity officer, publicity stunt
publicity agent n → agent(e) m/f publicitaire
publicity campaign n (information) → campagne f d'information (= advertising) → campagne f de publicité
publicity officer n → chargé(e) m/f de publicité
publicity stunt n → coup m de pub >

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publicity

n

→ Publicity f

(Comm: = advertising, advertisements) → Werbung f, → Reklame f; we must generate more publicity for this product → wir müssen mehr Werbung für dieses Produkt treiben

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publicity:

publicity agency

n → Publicity-Agentur f; (Comm) → Werbeagentur f

publicity agent

n → Publicitymanager(in) m(f)

publicity campaign

n → Publicitykampagne f; (Comm) → Werbekampagne f

publicity department

n → Publicity-Abteilung f; (Comm) → Werbeabteilung f

publicity film

n → Publicity-Film m; (Comm) → Werbefilm m

publicity gimmick

n → Publicity-Gag m (inf); (Comm) → Werbegag m (inf)

publicity material

n → Publicitymaterial nt; (Comm) → Werbematerial nt

publicity-shy

adj → öffentlichkeitsscheu

publicity stunt

n → Werbegag m

publicity tour

n → Werbetour f; to be on a publicity → auf Werbetour sein

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publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ]

1. n

a. → pubblicità

b. (Comm) (advertising, advertisements) → pubblicità f inv, réclame f inv

2. adj (campaign, material, budget) → pubblicitario/a; (manager) → della pubblicità

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