publicities

Noun

publicity (usually uncountable, plural publicities)

1. (usually) Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
   • A gay man accused of disorderly conduct for posting publicity for a Boston gay event was found not guilty in Cambridge District Court on July 22.1979 August 11, “Man Found Not Guilty”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 2
2. (usually) Public interest attracted in this way.
   • Any publicity, runs the axiom, is good publicity.1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73
3. (usually) The condition of being the object of public attention.

   Synonyms:

   buzz

4. (usually) The quality of being public, not private.
   • Amelia's gentle eyes, too, had been fixed anxiously on the pair, whose conduct had so chafed the jealous General; but when Rebecca entered her box, she flew to her friend with an affectionate rapture which showed itself, in spite of the publicity of the place; for she embraced her dearest friend in...1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC