The most common form of self-harm is using a sharp object to cut one's skin, but self-harm also covers a wide range of behaviors including burning, scratching, banging or hitting body parts, interfering with wound healing (dermatillomania), hair-pulling (trichotillomania) and the ingestion of toxic substances or objects.
Definition of publicity for English Language Learners. : 1  something that attracts the attention of the public. : 2  attention that is given to someone or something by newspapers, magazines, television news programs, etc. : 3  the activity or business of getting people to give attention to someone or something.
Examples of publicity in a Sentence. 1  His public appearances are good publicity for the new movie. 2  An arrest for drunk driving is bad publicity for any celebrity. 3  The film has gotten some good publicity. 4  She has received a lot of publicity for her latest novel. 5  The studio spent a lot of money on publicity for the movie. Recent Examples of publicity from the Web Kid Rock for Senate There was a distant, dreamy time when a wildly profane celebrityâs out-of-the-blue announcement of a pending political campaign would have been recognized as an elaborate publicity stunt.