noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Marketing where the goal is reducing the demand for goods or services. uncountable

   "The "just say no" advertising campaign was mostly ineffective demarketing of illegal drugs."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of demarket form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

negative advertisingnegative advertising

Example

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"The "just say no" advertising campaign was mostly ineffective demarketing of illegal drugs."

Etymology

From de- + marketing.

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