catchcry

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noun

A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.

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Meanings

nouncatchcry (plural catchcries)

plural catchcries

  1. A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.

    Monotonous, frequently quite incomprehensible to the dark mass, these catchcries filled the columns of all the papers born as the offspring of the Pravda and German gold; they acted like a curse, rousing, infuriating, confusing the more sincere and the more honest.

    1918, Arkady Joseph Sack, The Birth of the Russian Democracy, page 528

Origin

From catch + cry.

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Translations

Czech slogan, pokřik
  • sloganslogan
  • pokřikslogan
Cite this entry
APA

catchcry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchcry

MLA

“catchcry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchcry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catchcry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchcry.

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