noun

publicity

publicity, attention, advertising

The movie received a lot of publicity.

The movie received a lot of publicity.

Any publicity is good publicity.

Any publicity is good publicity.

((some/any/much)) publicity attention given to sb/sth by the media The campaign generated a lot of positive publicity.

publicity ((for sth.)) publicity for a specific thing They are doing publicity for their new album.

Synonyms: attention, exposure, promotion, hype

From 'public' + '-ity' (a suffix denoting a state or quality). The state of being public.

'Publicity' is the attention you get from the 'public'.

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