Puffery
Puffery noun - Information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause.
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Synonyms for Puffery
Yellow journalism and puffery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yellow journalism" instead a noun "Puffery".
Yellow journalism
Yellow journalism noun - Sensationalist journalism.
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Synonyms for Yellow journalism
Puffery and yellow journalism are semantically related. You can use "Puffery" instead a noun phrase "Yellow journalism".
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Related pairs
- exaggeration and puffery
- exaggeration and yellow journalism
- overstatement and puffery
- overstatement and yellow journalism
- excess and puffery
- excess and yellow journalism
- fabrication and puffery
- fabrication and yellow journalism
- boasting and puffery
- boasting and yellow journalism
- hyperbole and puffery
- hyperbole and yellow journalism
- hype and puffery
- hype and yellow journalism
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