public relations

Meaning

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (broadly, metonymically, uncountable) The favorability of the public image of a person or organization.

Synonyms

PR

publicity

client liaison

client relations

information

external communications

public relations representative

propaganda

public relations practitionner

public relations officer

Translations

Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

relations publiques

relaciones públicas

relações públicas

δημόσιες σχέσεις

relazioni pubbliche

Public Relations

PR

PR

relacions públiques

public relations

RP

علاقات عامة

pubbliche relazioni

Werbung

Etymology

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.