English Explanatory Dictionary

publicity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  4. The quality of being public, not private.

Pronunciation

/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ajshul-publicity.wav

Word forms

publicity publicities

Etymology

From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.

Related words

public publicist publicness

Derived words

all publicity is good publicity antipublicity nonpublicity no such thing as bad publicity overpublicity prepublicity publicity hound publicity-hound publicity stunt right of publicity there is no such thing as bad publicity
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