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語源

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.

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名詞

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.

   Synonym: PR (initialism)

   • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:

     The public relations drive accompanying the opening of Stage I is impressive.

2. (by extension, metonymic) The favorability of the public image of a person or organization.

   to get bad public relations ― to have things happen that deteriorate the public image

同意語

• outreach

派生語

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形容詞

public-relations (not comparable)

1. public relations (in attributive use)
   • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

     Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.