flackery

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flack +‎ -ery

Noun

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flackery (usually uncountable, plural flackeries)

  1. The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
    • 1974 April 15, Robert Hughes, “The Instant Nostalgia of Pop”, in Time[1], archived from the original on 22 December 2008:
      The crass cultural chauvinism and blatant flackery that surrounded and fed American pop have not by any means gone from the art scene, but they are muted.

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