Publicity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Publicity \Pub*lic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. publicit['e].]
     The quality or state of being public, or open to the
     knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  publicity
       n : a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea
           or person or institution [syn: {promotion}, {promotional
           material}, {packaging}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "publicity":
     PR, acclaim, account, acquaintance, advertising, announcement,
     ballyhoo, blue book, blurb, briefing, bright light, broadcasting,
     buildup, bulletin, celebrity, character, commercial,
     common knowledge, communication, communique, cry, currency, data,
     datum, daylight, directory, dispatch, eclat, enlightenment,
     evidence, exposure, facts, factual information, fame,
     familiarization, famousness, figure, gen, general information,
     glare, glory, guidebook, handout, hard information, hard sell,
     hoopla, hue and cry, incidental information, info, information,
     instruction, intelligence, knowledge, kudos, light, limelight,
     maximum dissemination, mention, message, name, notice,
     notification, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity,
     presentation, press notice, press-agentry, promotion,
     promotional material, promulgation, proof, propaganda, public eye,
     public knowledge, public relations, public report, publication,
     publicity story, publicness, puff, puffery, reclame, recognition,
     release, renown, report, reputation, repute, sidelight, spotlight,
     statement, the bubble reputation, the dope, the goods, the know,
     the scoop, transmission, vogue, white book, white paper, word,
     write-up