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单词 publicity
释义 pub·lic·i·ty
\(ˌ)pəˈblisəd.ē, -sətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French publicité, from public + -ité -ity
1. : the quality or state of being obvious or exposed to the general view : accessibility to the public
 < wide open ranks … of desks kept everyone working by mere publicity — Christopher Morley >
 < the publicity of the courtroom — Saturday Review >
2.
 a. : an act or device designed to attract public interest
  < regards a whistle-stop tour as good publicity >
 specifically : information with news value issued as a means of gaining public attention or support
  < his job is producing publicity for child welfare organizations >
  < the flood of publicity and promotional material that now overloads the desk of everybody in the news business — Elmer Davis >
 b. : the dissemination of information or promotional material especially by the press and other mass media
  < felt that the recent wave of publicity on her work … had hurt her professionally — Time >
 c. : paid advertising
  < the object of all commercial publicity is to persuade someone to exchange his money for what the advertiser has for sale — H.H.Smith >
 d. : public attention or acclaim
  < publicity came … unsought; he was a man who attracted attention — V.G.Heiser >
  < received considerable publicity because of their refusal to accept a … grant for school purposes — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
 e. : the practice or profession of producing promotional material
  < publicity is a one-way street; public relations, a two-way street — E.L.Bernays >
Synonyms:
 ballyhoo, promotion, propaganda: publicity refers to any effort to attract public attention whether by furnishing information for dissemination through regular news channels or by paid advertising
  < recipients of this announcement are requested to give it immediately the widest possible publicityAmerican Council of Learned Society Scholars >
  < “publicity” was not mainly an art for causing the world to take notice of, and think well of, goods; or of policies which the makers of goods wished to make popular. The word was coming to be synonymous with advertising — Mark Sullivan >
  < actresses bathing in champagne and other publicity stunts >
  ballyhoo may refer to sensational, strident, or noisy publicity
  < the patient blindly follows the ballyhoo of the medical charlatan — Police Gazette >
  promotion suggests concentrated efforts to publicize something new or persuade the public to accept it
  < attractive promotions of spring clothing helped to allay the usual post-Easter drop in retail volume — Dun's Review >
  propaganda, the strongest term, usually carries the suggestion of manipulation of public opinion whether through acceptable educational processes or by direct and coercive indoctrination
  < propaganda means the planned use of all kinds of communications to influence the actions of other peoples — Combat Forces Journal >
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