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A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results; a lobbyist; a PR person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, government, politics
Examples
- Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To generate spin (a favorable interpretation or bias).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his title is Director of Communications but he is just a spin doctor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spinmeister
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: public relations person
From spin (“a favorable comment or interpretation”) + doctor. First use appears c. 1984 in the New York Times.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
公關專家 /公关专家
(gōngguān zhuānjiā)
— person hired to improve public image
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Danish:
spindoktor
— person hired to improve public image
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Danish:
særlig rådgiver
— person hired to improve public image
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Dutch:
spindoctor
— person hired to improve public image
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Finnish:
imagokonsultti
— person hired to improve public image
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Finnish:
PR-konsultti
— person hired to improve public image
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Finnish:
lobbari (lobbyist)
— person hired to improve public image
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French:
spin doctor
— person hired to improve public image
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French:
façonneur d’image
— person hired to improve public image
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German:
Imageberater
— person hired to improve public image
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German:
Schönredner
— person hired to improve public image
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German:
Tatsachenbeschöniger
— person hired to improve public image
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German:
PR-Berater
— person hired to improve public image
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German:
Spindoktor
— person hired to improve public image
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Italian:
curatore di immagine
— person hired to improve public image
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Italian:
portavoce
— person hired to improve public image
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Italian:
lobbista
— person hired to improve public image
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Italian:
esperto di comunicazione
— person hired to improve public image
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Polish:
spin doktor
— person hired to improve public image
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Polish:
spin doctor
— person hired to improve public image
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Portuguese:
marqueteiro
— person hired to improve public image
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Russian:
политтехнолог
(polittexnolog)
— person hired to improve public image
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Spanish:
asesor de imagen
— person hired to improve public image
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Spanish:
agente de prensa
— person hired to improve public image
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Welsh:
dewin delwedd
— person hired to improve public image
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Welsh:
dewin delwau
— person hired to improve public image
