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− | ===Etymology===
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− | From {{L.}} '''[[publicus]]'''
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| + | '''Public''' is about the what of belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or [[community]]; opposed to [[private]]; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation. |
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− | ===Pronunciation===
| + | Public also refers to the general body of [[humanity|humankind]], or of a nation, state, or community; ''the people'', indefinitely; as, ''the public''; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, ''an author's public''. "public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier. |
− | *IPA - ˈpʌblɪk/,"pVblIk/
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− | *Hyphenation: pub·lic
| + | Aggens (1983), in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "''There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability''". |
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− | ===Adjective=== | + | ==Selected bibliography== |
| + | # [[John Dewey|Dewey, John]]. ''Public & Its Problems'', Swallow Press, June 1954, ISBN 0-8040-0254-1. |
| + | # [[Jamie Szypka]]. ''I'm public and I'm okay with that'', Toledo Blade, September 1999, ISBN 0 |
| + | # [[Jürgen Habermas|Habermas, Jürgen]]. ''The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society'', (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought), The MIT Press; Reprint edition, August 28, 1991, ISBN 0-262-58108-6. |
| + | # [[Jürgen Habermas|Habermas, Jürgen]]. ''The Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 2: Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason,'' Thomas McCarthy (Translator), Beacon Press; Reprint edition, 1987, ISBN 0-8070-1401-X. |
| + | # [[Alastair Hannay|Hannay, Alastair]]. ''On the Public'', Routledge; 1 edition, July 13, 2005, ISBN 0-415-32792-X. |
| + | # [[Soren Kierkegaard|Kierkegaard, Soren]]. ''A Literary Review'' (Penguin Classics), Alastair Hannay (Translator), Penguin Classics, March 26, 2002, ISBN 0-14-044801-2. |
| + | # [[Walter Lippmann|Lippmann, Walter]]. ''The Phantom Public'' (Library of Conservative Thought), Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993, ISBN 1-56000-677-3. |
| + | # [[Leon H. Mayhew|Mayhew, Leon H.]]. ''The New Public: Professional Communication and the Means of Social Influence'', (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies), Cambridge University Press, September 28, 1997, ISBN 0-521-48493-6. |
| + | # [[Richard Sennett|Sennett, Richard]]. ''The Fall of Public Man'' W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition, June 1992, ISBN 0-393-30879-0. |
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| + | ==Etymology== |
| + | From L. '''[[publicus]]''' |
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| + | ==Adjective== |
| # Pertaining to the [[affair]]s or official affairs of all people, not just those of a [[private]] group; ''contrasted with'' [[private]]. | | # Pertaining to the [[affair]]s or official affairs of all people, not just those of a [[private]] group; ''contrasted with'' [[private]]. |
| # Open to all. | | # Open to all. |
| # Funded by the [[government]]. | | # Funded by the [[government]]. |
− | # {{context|of a company}} [[trade|Traded]] publically via a [[stock market]].
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− | ====Translations====
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− | *Arabic: ARchar|[[عمومي]]}} (ʕumúmiyy)
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− | *Bosnian: [[javan]], [[javna]], [[javno]] {{n}}
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− | *Czech: [[veřejný]]
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− | *Danish: [[offentlig]]
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− | *Dutch: [[publiek]]
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− | *Finnish: [[julkinen]], [[yleinen]]
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− | *French: [[public#French|public]]
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− | *German: [[öffentlich]]
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− | *Kurdish: {{KUchar|[[گشتی]]}}
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− | *Latin: [[publicus]], -a, -um
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− | *Portuguese: [[público]], [[pública]]
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− | *Serbian: [[javnost]]
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− | *Slovene: [[javen]], [[javna]], [[javno]]
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− | *Swedish: [[offentlig]], [[allmän]]
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− | ===Noun===
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| # The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. | | # The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |