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brand·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stigmatization, stigmatisation, brandingnoun

    the act of stigmatizing

Wiktionary

  1. brandingnoun

    process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal

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  1. branding

    Branding is the process of creating a unique name, logo, design, or symbol that differentiates a company, product, or service from others in the marketplace. It involves shaping a distinctive brand image and includes everything from marketing and communication strategy to customer service. It aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market to attract and retain loyal customers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Branding

    of Brand

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. branding

    Was a mode of punishment, in nearly all armies, inflicted on soldiers who were convicted of the crime of desertion,—the branding or marking being with ink, or other similar preparation. This practice is now discontinued in the American, and several European armies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of branding in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of branding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of branding in a Sentence

  1. Martha McSally:

    The Democrats have been effective in attacking us and branding us in a way that’s just not accurate, so in my race … my opponent, a white man, was trying to lump me in the war on women, she said, pointing to a Democratic attack line during the 2012 election accusing Republicans of waging a.

  2. Andy Beshear:

    While there is no one single indicator of trafficking, there are several signs that are common in victims including traveling together, having identical tattoos, branding and not being able to identify where they are or where they are staying.

  3. Laurence Minsky:

    You can shut your eyes,” noted Laurence Minsky, co-author of Audio Branding: Using Sound To Build Your Brand, “but you can’t really shut your ears.”

  4. Denis Ezingeard:

    That makes pharmaceutical naming different from consumer branding, where the constraints are not as stringent and where you can turn a much lower wheel of names.

  5. Sat Duhra:

    Owning domestic-focused names in China has been successful in 2019, even with all the noise around trade tension, weakening macro and the magic '7' level for the renminbi, names in the sportswear and beverage sectors have performed well as trade issues have not impacted them and their strong branding and high margins have attracted investors looking for less cyclical and global trade exposure.

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  • David Kitomize
    David Kitomize
    depending on people.
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