PUBLIC RELATIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public relations mean? 

• PUBLIC RELATIONS (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC RELATIONS has 1 sense:

1. a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC RELATIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC RELATIONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

PR; public relations

Hypernyms ("public relations" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

 Context examples 

If you sell for a living or are in marketing, public relations, or TV production, you will be persuasive without being pushy, presenting your product or service in the best light, in a gentle but compelling way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The third house, which will be so lit up by planets, the Sun, and new moon solar eclipse, rules your ability to communicate well in the areas of writing, speaking, editing, producing, app and website development, coding, translation, research, public relations, marketing, and sales.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)