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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information that is designed to mislead or persuade |
| Synonyms: | advertising, agitprop, announcement, brainwashing, disinformation, doctrine, evangelism, handout, hogwash, hype*, implantation, inculcation, indoctrination, newspeak, promotion, promulgation, proselytism, publication, publicity |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diffusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spread; wide distribution |
| Synonyms: | circulation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering |
| Antonyms: | collection, concentration |
| Main Entry: | doctrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion; principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, credenda, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, implantation, inculcation, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, universal law, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, heterodoxy, skepticism, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | publicity |
| Synonyms: | PR, advertising, advertising campaign, ballyhoo, blurb, buildup, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, notice, pitch, pizzazz*, plug*, press*, press-agentry, promo, propaganda, public relations, publicity, puff, puffery, pushing, squib |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | publicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of something, someone |
| Synonyms: | PR, advertising, announcement, announcing, attention, ballyhoo, big noise, billing, blurb, boost*, broadcasting, build-up, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, ink, limelight, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, press, press-agentry, promo, promulgation, propaganda, public notice, public relations, puff, puffery, pushing, release, report, réclame, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | release |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | publication |
| Synonyms: | announcement, flash*, handout, issue, leak, news, notice, offering, proclamation, propaganda, publicity, story |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empty talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty words |
| Synonyms: | gossip, hot air, palaver, propaganda, rhetoric, rumor, tall talk |
| Main Entry: | public relations |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of image |
| Synonyms: | PR, hype, image management, marketing, promotions, propaganda, publicity |
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