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slo·gan
(slō′gən)n.
1. A phrase expressing the aims or nature of an enterprise, organization, or candidate; a motto.
2. A phrase used repeatedly, as in advertising or promotion: "all the slogans and shibboleths coined out of the ideals of the peoples for the uses of imperialism" (Margaret Sanger).
3. A battle cry of a Scottish clan.
[Alteration of Scots slogorne, battle cry, from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm : sluagh, host; see slew1 + gairm, shout.]
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slogan
(ˈsləʊɡən)n
1. (Marketing) a distinctive or topical phrase used in politics, advertising, etc
2. (Historical Terms) history Scot a Highland battle cry
[C16: from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm war cry, from sluagh army + gairm cry]
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slo•gan
(ˈsloʊ gən)n.
1. a distinctive phrase or motto identified with a particular party, product, etc.; catchword or catch phrase.
2. a war cry or gathering cry formerly used among Scottish clans.
[1505–15; < Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm=sluagh army, host (compare slew2) + gairm cry]
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slogan
- From Scottish-Gaelic slaugh, "army," and gairm, "shout"—since the first slogans were actually battle cries.See also related terms for shout.
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| Noun | 1. |  slogan - a favorite saying of a sect or political grouplocution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" catch phrase, catchphrase - a phrase that has become a catchword mantra - a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra" rallying cry, war cry, watchword, battle cry, cry - a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" |
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slogan
noun catch phrase, motto, jingle, mantra, rallying cry, watchword, tag-line, catchword a group of angry demonstrators shouting slogans
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Translations
شِعار
reklamní hesloslogan
slogan
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slogan
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slogan
n → Slogan m; (= motto) → Motto nt, → Wahlspruch m; (political) → Parole f, → Slogan m; advertising slogan → Werbeslogan m, → Werbespruch m
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slogan
(ˈsləugən) noun an easily-remembered and frequently repeated phrase which is used in advertising etc.
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