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demarketing

demarketing noun: marketing where the goal is reducing the demand for goods or services. Also the present participle and gerund of demarket.

Noun

demarketing (uncountable)

  1. Marketing where the goal is reducing the demand for goods or services.
    • The "just say no" advertising campaign was mostly ineffective demarketing of illegal drugs.
    Synonyms:
    negative advertising

Also used as

demarketing is also the present participle and gerund of demarket.

Synonyms of demarketing

  • negative advertising

Origin of demarketing

From de- + marketing.

Questions about demarketing

What does demarketing mean?
Demarketing means marketing where the goal is reducing the demand for goods or services.
What part of speech is demarketing?
Demarketing is a noun.

Words near demarketing in the dictionary

  1. demarkation
  2. demarkations
  3. demarked
  4. demarket
  5. demarketed
  6. demarketing
  7. demarkets
  8. demarking
  9. demarks
  10. DeMarree
  11. demarrow

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