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public relations

public relations noun: the professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.

Noun

public relations (uncountable)

  1. The professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.
    • The public relations drive accompanying the opening of Stage I is impressive.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714
    Synonyms:
    PR
  2. (broadly, metonymically) The favorability of the public image of a person or organization.
    • to get bad public relations

public relations meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

public relations in Hindi

profession
सार्वजनिक संबंध sārvajnik sambandh, पब्लिक रिलेशन्स pablik rileśans

public relations in Tamil

மக்கள் தொடர்பு

public relations in Kannada

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರೊಡನೆ ಸೌಹಾರ್ದದ ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯ

public relations in Tagalog

profession
pakikitungong-madla, pakikisamang-madla
More languagesFewer languages
public relations in Arabic
عَلَاقَات عَامَّة ʕalāqāt ʕāmma
public relations in Persian
روابط عمومی
public relations in Thai
ประชาสัมพันธ์ bprà-chaa-sǎm-pan, พีอาร์ pii-aa

Synonyms of public relations

Forms of public relations

alternative initialismPR

Origin of public relations

Since the early twentieth century. The term gained popularity as a euphemism for propaganda after that originally neutral term acquired a negative connotation during the political upheavals of the early twentieth century.

Words formed from public relations

Questions about public relations

What does public relations mean?
Public relations means the professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.
What is public relations in Hindi?
Public relations in Hindi is सार्वजनिक संबंध (sārvajnik sambandh), पब्लिक रिलेशन्स (pablik rileśans). See Public relations meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is public relations?
Public relations is a noun.

Words near public relations in the dictionary

  1. public prosecutors
  2. public purse
  3. public purses
  4. public record
  5. public records
  6. public relations
  7. public rhetoric
  8. public safety announcement
  9. public safety announcements
  10. public school
  11. public schools

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: public relations (page history and authors); public relations (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); public relations (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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