Dictionary

publicity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pʌbˈlɪsɪti/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
   • 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. 1979 August 11, “Man Found Not Guilty”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 2:
2. (uncountable, usually) Public interest attracted in this way.
   • Any publicity, runs the axiom, is good publicity. 1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73:
3. (uncountable, usually) The condition of being the object of public attention.
4. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being public, not private.
   • 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. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

prepublicity · there is no such thing as bad publicity · overpublicity · nonpublicity · publicity stunt · antipublicity · all publicity is good publicity · publicity hound · no such thing as bad publicity · right of publicity · publicity-hound

Relateds

publicness · public · publicist

Synonyms

buzz

Translations (45)

fi julkisuus (public interest attracted in this way) · hy հրապարակայնություն (the condition of being the object of public attention) · ms pengiklanan (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · el δημοσιότητα (public interest attracted in this way) · ru пабли́сити (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · cmn 宣傳 /宣传 (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · es publicidades (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · eo reklamo (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ru пабли́сити (the condition of being the object of public attention) · ja 宣伝 (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ca publicitat (public interest attracted in this way) · hi प्रचार (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · it pubblicità (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ru гла́сность (the condition of being the object of public attention) · nn publisitet (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ru сла́ва (public interest attracted in this way) · ms publisiti (public interest attracted in this way) · es toda la publicidad (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · fi mainonta (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ru рекла́ма (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ro publicitate (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · bg публичност (the condition of being the object of public attention) · bg гласност (the condition of being the object of public attention) · fr publicité (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · nl publiciteit (public interest attracted in this way) · ms publisiti (the condition of being the object of public attention) · ms publisiti (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · pt publicidade (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · nl publiciteit (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ru изве́стность (public interest attracted in this way) · sv publicitet (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · nb publisitet (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · es publicidad (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · el διαφήμιση (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ca publicitat (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · bg реклама (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · mk рекла́ма (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ms seranta (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · ja 広報 (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · el δημοσιότητα (the condition of being the object of public attention) · ro publicitate (public interest attracted in this way) · ga bolscaireacht (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · de Werbung (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · hy գովազդ (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) · fi julkisuus (the condition of being the object of public attention)