Pamphlet
noun
A small paper booklet that gives information about something.
The company was distributing pamphlets to explain their new recycling program.
Often appears as...
- distribute pamphlets
- read a pamphlet
noun
A short piece of writing, often expressing a strong opinion or critique, that is usually printed and not bound together with other pieces of writing.
He wrote a pamphlet criticizing the current administration's policies.
Often appears as...
- write a pamphlet
- controversial pamphlet
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Disapproving
noun
A small paper booklet that gives information about something.
The company was distributing pamphlets to explain their new recycling program.
Often appears as...
- distribute pamphlets
- read a pamphlet
noun
A short piece of writing, often expressing a strong opinion or critique, that is usually printed and not bound together with other pieces of writing.
He wrote a pamphlet criticizing the current administration's policies.
Often appears as...
- write a pamphlet
- controversial pamphlet
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informational Purpose
Pamphlets mainly provide helpful details, often about services or events.
I picked up a pamphlet at the clinic to learn about health screenings.
Pro Tip 2/3Promotional Tool
Pamphlets are used to promote ideas or products and can be persuasive.
They handed out a pamphlet for a new smartphone at the tech fair.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Format
Usually pamphlets are printed on paper and can be easily distributed.
Tourist information centers often have racks filled with different pamphlets.
Pro Tip 1/3Informational Purpose
Pamphlets mainly provide helpful details, often about services or events.
I picked up a pamphlet at the clinic to learn about health screenings.
Pro Tip 2/3Promotional Tool
Pamphlets are used to promote ideas or products and can be persuasive.
They handed out a pamphlet for a new smartphone at the tech fair.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Format
Usually pamphlets are printed on paper and can be easily distributed.
Tourist information centers often have racks filled with different pamphlets.
Pro Tip 1/3Informational Purpose
Pamphlets mainly provide helpful details, often about services or events.
I picked up a pamphlet at the clinic to learn about health screenings.
Pro Tip 2/3Promotional Tool
Pamphlets are used to promote ideas or products and can be persuasive.
They handed out a pamphlet for a new smartphone at the tech fair.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Format
Usually pamphlets are printed on paper and can be easily distributed.
Tourist information centers often have racks filled with different pamphlets.
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The Reality Behind...
Caring for reptiles? Yeah. The care requirements are pretty vast. Most of the time when you get a reptile, it's basically up to you to do that research. And then one of the biggest issues is that a lot of especially like chain pet stores, they'll give out little pamphlets with little booklets of care, and that care is super outdated.
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
Yeah, so let me restate that. So, you're saying that in the pamphlet there's a statement that we may come to prefer our digital selves to our real ones -- our more malleable or manageable digital identities to our real identities -- and that in fact, much of human life and human experience may move into the digital realm.
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Palenque and the Ancient...
this was the pamphlet that came out showing the Temple of the Sun panel their Palenque at the top and but Barnum you know made a lot of money off this and this really just increased the public knowledge of Palenque in a whole series of visitors the most important
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Why city flags may be...
It's more of a pamphlet, really, it's about 16 pages. Yes, it's called "Good Flag, Bad How to Design a Great Flag." And that first city flag I discovered in Chicago is a white field, two horizontal blue stripes, and four six-pointed red stars down the middle.
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What “Machiavellian”...
When the Medici family seized power, he not only lost his position, but was even tortured and banished. With this in mind, it’s possible to read the pamphlet he wrote from exile not as a defense of princely rule, but a scathing description of how it operates.
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Fields Wicker-Miurin:...
and he wanted to be part of it. He's a Leaders' Quest fellow, and that helps him with his work. They've pioneered a different approach to villages. Instead of handing out information in pamphlets, as is so often the case, they bring theater troupes,
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Is your country at risk...
just to protest for independence. Then I remember the sacrifice of my father, who was tortured so many times for daring to protest against the regime. Back in the '70s, they would write pamphlets to raise awareness on the dictatorship,
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Strange answers to the...
The story I was at a friend's house, and she had on her shelf a copy of the DSM manual, which is the manual of mental disorders. It lists every known mental disorder. And it used to be, back in the '50s, a very slim pamphlet.
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What is the tragedy of...
Eventually, the fish in the lake will be gone, leaving all four villagers to starve. This fish pond is just one example of a classic problem called the tragedy of the commons. The phenomenon was first described in a pamphlet
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When is elsewhen? PIPE E...
is the personal timekeeper it's a simple plot with one button that displays your personal time and it comes with the little pamphlet that is describing what is encouraged and discouraged while
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The Reality Behind...
Caring for reptiles? Yeah. The care requirements are pretty vast. Most of the time when you get a reptile, it's basically up to you to do that research. And then one of the biggest issues is that a lot of especially like chain pet stores, they'll give out little pamphlets with little booklets of care, and that care is super outdated.
Video examples
Philip Rosedale: Second...
Yeah, so let me restate that. So, you're saying that in the pamphlet there's a statement that we may come to prefer our digital selves to our real ones -- our more malleable or manageable digital identities to our real identities -- and that in fact, much of human life and human experience may move into the digital realm.
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
this was the pamphlet that came out showing the Temple of the Sun panel their Palenque at the top and but Barnum you know made a lot of money off this and this really just increased the public knowledge of Palenque in a whole series of visitors the most important
Video examples
Why city flags may be...
It's more of a pamphlet, really, it's about 16 pages. Yes, it's called "Good Flag, Bad How to Design a Great Flag." And that first city flag I discovered in Chicago is a white field, two horizontal blue stripes, and four six-pointed red stars down the middle.
Video examples
What “Machiavellian”...
When the Medici family seized power, he not only lost his position, but was even tortured and banished. With this in mind, it’s possible to read the pamphlet he wrote from exile not as a defense of princely rule, but a scathing description of how it operates.
Video examples
Fields Wicker-Miurin:...
and he wanted to be part of it. He's a Leaders' Quest fellow, and that helps him with his work. They've pioneered a different approach to villages. Instead of handing out information in pamphlets, as is so often the case, they bring theater troupes,
Video examples
Is your country at risk...
just to protest for independence. Then I remember the sacrifice of my father, who was tortured so many times for daring to protest against the regime. Back in the '70s, they would write pamphlets to raise awareness on the dictatorship,
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
The story I was at a friend's house, and she had on her shelf a copy of the DSM manual, which is the manual of mental disorders. It lists every known mental disorder. And it used to be, back in the '50s, a very slim pamphlet.
Video examples
What is the tragedy of...
Eventually, the fish in the lake will be gone, leaving all four villagers to starve. This fish pond is just one example of a classic problem called the tragedy of the commons. The phenomenon was first described in a pamphlet
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When is elsewhen? PIPE E...
is the personal timekeeper it's a simple plot with one button that displays your personal time and it comes with the little pamphlet that is describing what is encouraged and discouraged while
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Randy Bachman
Canadian Musician
I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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Johann Most
German Revolutionary
While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect.
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Gael Garcia Bernal
Mexican Actor
Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing a publicity show. We're becoming symbols.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, 'Hey, sorry about the autism, but here's a step-by-step list on what to do next.' But doctors don't do that. They say 'sorry' and move you along.
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Nancy Lopez
American Athlete
If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Alan Zweibel
American Producer
I haven't written a brochure yet. It's killing me. I know I have a brochure or pamphlet in me yet.
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G. Gordon Liddy
American Lawyer
The official version of Watergate is as wrong as a Flat Earth Society pamphlet.
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Maj Sjowall
Swedish Author
People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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Catherine Helen Spence
Australian Author
My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire.
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Bob Fosse
American Celebrity
My life is an open pamphlet.
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Randy Bachman
Canadian Musician
I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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Johann Most
German Revolutionary
While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect.
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Gael Garcia Bernal
Mexican Actor
Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing a publicity show. We're becoming symbols.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, 'Hey, sorry about the autism, but here's a step-by-step list on what to do next.' But doctors don't do that. They say 'sorry' and move you along.
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Nancy Lopez
American Athlete
If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Alan Zweibel
American Producer
I haven't written a brochure yet. It's killing me. I know I have a brochure or pamphlet in me yet.
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G. Gordon Liddy
American Lawyer
The official version of Watergate is as wrong as a Flat Earth Society pamphlet.
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Maj Sjowall
Swedish Author
People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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Catherine Helen Spence
Australian Author
My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire.
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Bob Fosse
American Celebrity
My life is an open pamphlet.
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