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publicize, v.|ˈpʌblɪsaɪz|
[f. public a. (n.) + -ize.]
trans. To bring to the notice of the public; to make generally known; to advertise.
1928Weekly Dispatch 20 May 14/4 Nowadays the potential star has to be managed and publicised. 1938M. Brinig May Flavin iv. 363 In my present position it wouldn't do any good to publicize these things. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA iv. 25 One of the original aims of the TVA, and one much publicized in its earlier years. 1967N. Freeling Strike Out 78 I'm not in the habit of publicising my private life. 1976Guardian 21 Apr. 6/1 The board does not adequately publicise itself.
Hence publiciˈzation; ˈpublicized ppl. a., ˈpublicizing vbl. n.
1932New Yorker 11 June 40/1, I hear that all the..manufacturers who aren't doing business intend to spend the Summer on that publicized isle [sc. Majorca]. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 303 These much-publicized burns have had effects that are no more tragic than those resulting from other forms of modern weapons. 1958Jrnl. Amer. Water Works Assoc. L. 1057/2 Of more value..will be accurate reporting—even publicizing—of the physical, chemical, and biological difference between the first water, the used supply, and the reclaimed water. 1966‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept iv. 128 All the disgusting publicisation of our Scottish Queen Mother. |