publicity
pronunciation
How to pronounce publicity in British English:
UK [pʌbˈlɪsəti]
How to pronounce publicity in American English:
US [pʌbˈlɪsəti]
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- Noun:
- a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Word Origin
- publicity (n.)
- 1791, "condition of being public," from French publicité (1690s), from Medieval Latin publicitatem (nominative publicitas), from Latin publicus (see public (adj.)). Sense of "a making (something) known, an exposure to the public" is from 1826, shading by c. 1900 into "advertising, business of promotion." Publicity stunt first recorded 1908.
Example
- 1. State and local governments are readying their publicity machines .
- 2. The constant bad publicity cannot help .
- 3. Skin cancers have also gotten significant publicity .
- 4. The resulting publicity changed savant 's life .
- 5. Isn 't it amazing how desperate the chinese are for positive publicity ?