publicity-seeking

publicity-seeking
publicity-seeking [{{t}}-si:kɪŋ]
1 noun
he accused the minister of publicity-seeking il a accusé le ministre de vouloir se faire de la publicité;
some people interpreted her trips to the Third World as publicity-seeking certains ont interprété ses voyages dans les pays du tiers-monde comme une manœuvre publicitaire
2 adjective
(person) qui cherche à se faire de la publicité; (operation, manoeuvre) publicitaire

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