SLOGAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does slogan mean? 

• SLOGAN (noun)
  The noun SLOGAN has 1 sense:

1. a favorite saying of a sect or political group

  Familiarity information: SLOGAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A favorite saying of a sect or political group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

catchword; motto; shibboleth; slogan

Hypernyms ("slogan" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slogan"):

catch phrase; catchphrase (a phrase that has become a catchword)

mantra (a commonly repeated word or phrase)

battle cry; cry; rallying cry; war cry; watchword (a slogan used to rally support for a cause)

Derivation:

sloganeer (someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause)

 Context examples 

The Republicans are foes to equality, though most of them fight the battle against equality with the very word itself the slogan on their lips.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)