publicity

Etymology

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

noun

  1. Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
    Any publicity, runs the axiom, is good publicity. 1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73
  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.

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