slogan
pronunciation
How to pronounce slogan in British English:
UK [ˈsləʊɡən]
How to pronounce slogan in American English:
US [ˈsloʊɡən]
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- Noun:
- a favorite saying of a sect or political group
Word Origin
- slogan
- slogan: [16] Slogan is a Gaelic contribution to English. It comes from sluaghghairm ‘war-cry’, a compound formed from sluagh ‘army’ and ghairm ‘shout’. English at first used it in its original Gaelic sense, and the metaphorical ‘catchphrase’ did not emerge until the 18th century.
- slogan (n.)
- 1670s, earlier slogorne (1510s), "battle cry," from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm "battle cry used by Scottish Highland or Irish clans," from sluagh "army, host, slew," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *slough- "help, service." Second element is gairm "a cry" (see garrulous). Metaphoric sense of "distinctive word or phrase used by a political or other group" is first attested 1704.
Synonym
Example
- 1. That is not a slogan likely to unnerve beijing .
- 2. Democracy in egypt is merely a slogan for one-party rule .
- 3. Unfortunately , a vacuous slogan is underpinned by ineffectual proposals .
- 4. But the slogan does capture two awkward truths european exporters must now confront .
- 5. This odd slogan underlines the mixed and often contradictory feelings chinese people can have about japan .