publicist

[ puhb-luh-sist ]

noun

1. a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
2. an expert in current public or political affairs.
3. an expert in public or international law.

publicist

/ ˈpʌblɪsɪst /

noun

1. a person who publicizes something, esp a press or publicity agent
2. a journalist
3. rare.
   a person learned in public or international law

Word History and Origins

Origin of publicist¹

From German, dating back to 1785–95; public, -ist

Example Sentences

Many of us are more famous than mainstream stars, even though we lack social media managers and publicists.

From The Daily Beast

Prosecutors called that claim “erroneous,” arguing in the filing that the team and its lawyers had shared information with third parties, including an outside publicist and the commissioner’s office of Major League Baseball.

From Washington Post

The couple hung on for a few more months, but by January, their publicists confirmed the breakup.

From Washington Post

Kudos to all the activists, artists, publicists and executives who took a stand to make this so.

From Washington Post

View the complete list of Oscars nominationsZhao, who via her publicist declined to comment, will be at the ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday.

From Washington Post

But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.

From The Daily Beast

And with that, a publicist swoops in and announces that our time is up.

From The Daily Beast

Earlier this year, his publicist dismissed one of the stories as “discredited.”

From The Daily Beast

[The publicist] said that the shoot really gave [Madonna] confidence.

From The Daily Beast

I sent his publicist a galley of the book after it was finished.

From The Daily Beast

That is the essential error of the specialist philosopher, the specialist teacher, the specialist publicist.

From Project Gutenberg

Jacob Vennedey, a publicist and Radical famous in his day, writing from Frankfort, did his utmost to fan the flame of revolution.

From Project Gutenberg

German lawyer and publicist, councillor at the Court of Justice at Berlin in 1843.

From Project Gutenberg

But nowadays there is probably no publicist who maintains that a State is in any case legally bound not to refuse ratification.

From Project Gutenberg

This opinion is certainly not correct, and I do not know of any publicist who would or could approve of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• agent
• press agent