Definition of publicity

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pub·lic·i·ty    (p-bls-t) KEY  

NOUN:

1. 1. Information that concerns a person, group, event, or product and that is disseminated through various media to attract public notice.
   2. Public interest, notice, or notoriety achieved by the spreading of such information.
   3. The act, process, or occupation of disseminating information to gain public interest.
2. The condition of being public.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French publicité, from public, public, from Old French ; see public

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