to avoid (shun) publicity

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• publicity — n. 1) to give, provide publicity 2) to gain, receive; seek publicity 3) to avoid, shun publicity 4) extensive, wide publicity 5) publicity for 6) (misc.) a blaze of publicity (they left for Europe in a blaze of publicity) * * * [pʌ blɪsɪtɪ]… …   Combinatory dictionary

• publicity — noun 1 media attention ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, extensive, greater, wide, widespread ▪ The papers have begun to give greater publicity to the campaign against GM food. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• publicity*/ — [pʌbˈlɪsəti] noun [U] attention in newspapers and on television a publicity campaign (= an attempt to get publicity)[/ex] Her behaviour during the filming attracted a lot of publicity.[/ex] • Words often used with publicity Adjectives often used… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• shun — [ʃʌn] v past tense and past participle shunned present participle shunning [T] [: Old English; Origin: scunian] to deliberately avoid someone or something ▪ a shy woman who shunned publicity ▪ Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• publicity */*/ — UK [pʌbˈlɪsətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) attention in magazines, newspapers, or television Her behaviour during the filming attracted a lot of free publicity. a publicity campaign (= an attempt to get publicity) • Collocations: Adjectives… …   English dictionary

• shun — [[t]ʃʌ̱n[/t]] shuns, shunning, shunned VERB If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them. [V n] From that time forward everybody shunned him... [V n] He has always shunned publicity... [V …   English dictionary

• shun — transitive verb (shunned; shunning) Etymology: Middle English shonen, shunnen, from Old English scunian Date: before 12th century to avoid deliberately and especially habitually < shuns publicity > Synonyms: see escape • shunner noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shun — verb (T) to avoid someone or something deliberately: a shy woman who shunned publicity | Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• shun — verb he shunned publicity Syn: avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, keep one s distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with; snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold shoulder, ignore, look right… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Patrick Troughton — Infobox actor name = Patrick Troughton caption = promotional image of Troughton birthname = Patrick George Troughton birthdate = Birth date|1920|3|25|df=yes location = Mill Hill, London, England, UK deathdate = Death date and… …   Wikipedia