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flackery

flackery noun: the aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents.

Noun

flackery (usually uncountable, plural flackeries)

  1. (usually) The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
    • The crass cultural chauvinism and blatant flackery that surrounded and fed American pop have not by any means gone from the art scene, but they are muted.1974 April 15, Robert Hughes, “The Instant Nostalgia of Pop”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2008
    Synonyms:
    spin, PR, marketing

Synonyms of flackery

Forms of flackery

pluralflackeries

Origin of flackery

From flack + -ery.

Questions about flackery

What does flackery mean?
Flackery means the aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents.
What part of speech is flackery?
Flackery is a noun.
What is the plural of flackery?
The plural of flackery is flackeries.

Words near flackery in the dictionary

  1. flacker
  2. flackered
  3. flackeries
  4. flackering
  5. flackers
  6. flackery
  7. flacket
  8. flackets
  9. flacking
  10. flacks
  11. Flackwell Heath

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