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publicity|pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ|
[ad. F. publicité (a 1694 in Hatz.–Darm.), ad. med.L. pūblicitās, -tātem, f. L. pūblic-us public.]
1. a. The quality of being public; the condition or fact of being open to public observation or knowledge. b. spec. Public notice; the action or fact of making someone or something publicly known; the business of promotion or advertising; an action or object intended to attract public notice; material issued to publicize.
1791Hamilton tr. Berthollet's Dyeing I. Introd. 4 The sacrifices it makes by this publicity, are amply compensated by the advantages it derives from it. 1826J. J. Audubon Jrnl. 16 Dec. (1897) I. 186 Mrs. Rathbone, Senior, refused me the pleasure of naming a bird after her, on account of the publicity, she said. a1832Bentham Draught of Code iv. Wks. 1843 IV. 316 Publicity is the very soul of justice. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 611 The studious composed their works without any view to their publicity. 1842Dickens Let. 30 Apr. (1974) III. 222, I found the documents of which the inclosed are copies... You will see that they are signed by the first writers in England; and that their object..is Publicity. 1847A. Brontë Agnes Grey xiv. 222 If you add to it by giving publicity to this unfortunate affair, or naming it at all, you will find that I too can speak. 1851Times 28 Oct. 5/1 We have reported his proceedings..at greater length than any of the journals devoted to his cause, and we have thus secured to him all the publicity we had it in our power to bestow. 1869Rogers Hist. Gleanings I. 89 The only guarantee of public honour is publicity, for the only protection rogues have is secrecy. 1917Electric Railway Jrnl. 6 Jan. 17/1 Continuous publicity of good work would have softened a public irritation in the day of trouble. 1936S.P.E. Tract xlv. 185 The prejudice that many people feel against advertising is likely to be dispelled if they can be made to believe that it is no more than publicity. 1946E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 38 Why, even at Harvard I discovered my father was well known by reputation, although that was some time before the District Attorney gave him so much unwelcome publicity. 1953A. Huxley Let. 21 Dec. (1969) 692 Osmond sent me a copy... I have taken the liberty of forwarding it to Cass Canfield of Harpers, who may like to quote from it in his publicity. 1981S. Radley Chief Inspector's Daughter ii. 17 ‘How come she's featured in a magazine, anyway?’ ‘Publicity. She's a romantic novelist.’
2. attrib. and Comb., as publicity agent, publicity boy, publicity bureau, publicity drive, publicity expert, publicity film, publicity hand-out, publicity hound, publicity man, publicity manager (so publicity-manage vb. trans.), publicity-monger, publicity officer, publicity omnibus, publicity people, publicity ramp, publicity scheme, publicity screen, publicity section, publicity stunt, publicity value, publicity woman, publicity worker; publicity-hunting, publicity-seeking vbl. ns. and ppl. adjs.; publicity-loving ppl. adj.; publicity-conscious, publicity-minded, publicity-ridden adjs.; publicity-wise adv.
1911J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Warren's Wards xi. 180 He and his friends needed a representative on the press—a publicity agent, so to speak. 1922R. G. Collingwood tr. Croce's Aesthetic ii. vi. 244 Recognizing the great gifts of Meier as publicity-agent. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 180 The publicity agent looks it over and signs her name to it.
1929G. Ade Let. 8 Dec. (1973) 142 The publicity boys seemed to think it was a great joke to float these wild-eyed stories about my pursuing Dorothy Tennant, [etc.]. 1962‘M. Innes’ Connoisseur's Case iii. 33 Tourists sure to come along when the publicity boys do their stuff.
1907U. Sinclair Industr. Republic 142 He had an army of experts to help him..skilful lobbyists, newspapers and publicity bureaus.
1959F. Newton Jazz Scene v. 74 A publicity-conscious American impresario could advertise a plan to recruit an ‘international’ orchestra. 1977H. Innes Big Footprints iii. i. 217 He had agreed to our taking a camera... Extraordinary how publicity-conscious these men were.
1935Publicity drive [see copy-writer].
1915Truth 4 Aug. 196/1 There are, as one publicity expert puts it, many shirkers doing remarkably well.
1969Morning Star 25 Mar. 4 There has been an increase in short publicity films. 1973Screen Spring/Summer 227 He [sc. A. Alexeieff]..made several commercials and publicity films.
1927S. Bent Ballyhoo iii. 86 Washington is this country's premier city of publicity hand-outs. 1979A. Williamson Funeral March for Siegfried x. 46 York..asked if they had a publicity hand-out on the singers in The Ring.
1928Publicity hound [see hound n.1 4 e]. 1936‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles vi. 62 And they say professional people are publicity hounds! 1971‘E. Lathen’ Longer the Thread (1972) viii. 75 Annie was certainly no publicity hound.
1963Times Lit. Suppl. 17 May 353/2 All the vices from publicity-hunting to jobbery. 1976C. Bermant Coming Home ii. vii. 216 Lord Longford was..regarded as a publicity-hunting fraud.
1938Amer. Speech XIII. 59 A field of education that has suffered much from publicity- and money-loving quacks.
1907J. C. Lincoln Old Home House 37 You two can be proprietors and treasurers if you want to. But active manager and publicity man—that's yours cheerily, Peter Theodosius Brown! 1932Sunday Express 3 July 9/1 Soon Hammerstein left me with his publicity man, a human talking machine. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 638/2 No one, not even a modern film star hounded by his publicity man, has ever courted popular favour more devotedly than Louis Philippe. 1978I. B. Singer Shosha iii. 50 What kind of publicity man will I make, anyway?
1952L. Durrell Let. 14 Nov. in Spirit of Place (1969) 114 My boss Eden whose much advertised tour was publicity-managed by little me.
1908Mod. Business Aug. 86/2 Publicity Manager.—Can formulate and carry through an advertising campaign. 1931‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School iii. 49 The rôle of ‘writer-up’ and general publicity manager. 1974Listener 17 Jan. 66/2 Lady Glencora Palliser..settles down to become..her husband's self-appointed publicity manager and hatchet-woman.
1962Observer 11 Mar. 8/5 I'm a very publicity-minded chap. 1974Times 28 Nov. 17/7 The poor image of universities..[is] emanating in large part from a publicity-minded student minority.
1951N. Mitford Blessing ii. xi. 251 Charles-Edouard's heir was on the way to becoming a publicity-monger. 1962Economist 15 Sept. 1017/1 The publicity-mongers of the various political parties.
1933Whitaker's Almanack 284/2 Colonial Office... Publicity Officer, C. Becker-Platt..{pstlg}666. 1966‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept viii. 186, I..spent a year in Liverpool as Publicity officer for the Liverpool Organization.
1846in Daily Chron. 19 Feb. (1903) 5/1 [Marriott..in the year 1846 registered as an article of utility an] improved publicity omnibus.
1932New Yorker 14 May 44/2, I find..that all those competent publicity people in the shops around town can be counted on to call me up.
1933Dylan Thomas Let. Oct. (1966) 31 Patriotism is a publicity ramp organised by holders of excess armament shares.
1961Times 7 Jan. 9/7 A publicity-ridden world.
1907Instal. News Sept. 4/1 The..fantastic publicity schemes now in vogue.
1911R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter ix. 128 This amazing projection of himself..on the publicity ‘screen’ of a newspaper's front page appalled Colonel Todhunter.
1927F. L. C. Floud Ministry of Agric. ii. 25 There is also a small publicity section for the issue of information to the Press.
1935Dylan Thomas Let. July (1966) 159, I hope to have..a little free love offstage from any publicity-seeking actresses I can find. 1939‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife v. 90 Charges of publicity-seeking. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse Forewd., Be he a dollar-spending tourist or publicity-seeking politician.
1926‘Sapper’ Final Count vii. 195 It was just an advertisement—an elaborate publicity stunt. 1972P. Dickinson Lizard in Cup xi. 176 The theft of the pictures..being, as Nancy had hinted, a publicity stunt.
1922Farjeon & Horsnell Advertising April i. 19 The other woman. My successor. What's her name? What's her publicity value? 1978J. Pearson Façades viii. 149 Beaverbrook..knew the publicity value of controversy.
1958Punch 1 Jan. 50/1 Publicitywise, Sabrina and the Duke of Bedford consolidated their respective resources. 1962Listener 11 Jan. 102/2 Dr. Crick, who publicity-wise appeared the king-pin, was now announced as the colleague (or perhaps subordinate) of Dr. Brenner.
1958A. Huxley Let. 22 June (1969) 851 There have been endless contretemps, including, as a last straw, the collapse of the publicity woman with, of all things, chickenpox.
1926Amer. Speech I. 480/1 The public is worked on by a ‘publicity worker’, assisted sometimes by a person who has the ‘technique’ of describing ‘personal interest’ incidents. |