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publicity

/pəˈblɪsəti/

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What does publicity mean?

noun

  1. Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
  2. Public interest attracted in this way.
  3. The condition of being the object of public attention.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. The quality of being public, not private.

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IPA pronunciation

/pəˈblɪsəti/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/pəˈblɪsɪti/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Indeed she seemed to him, fiercely tormenting himself with her loveliness, a symbol of the mysterious and subtle power of publicity.
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
Thus the privilege of production is a real loss to society, and publicity of industry, like competition between laborers, a necessity.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
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A policy of publicity superseded the secrecy which had naturally grown to be a habit in the days of patent litigation.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
It was like the small town in the chance which it afforded for publicity and community of pursuits among its inhabitants.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
“It is not because I don’t want to see you any more,” he declared, in a tone intended as it were for publicity.
Henry JamesThe EuropeansProject Gutenberg ebook #179