Agitprop Definition

ăjĭt-prŏp
noun
Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music.
American Heritage
Any agitprop activity or agency.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) Political propaganda disseminated through art, literature, drama, etc., especially Communist propaganda.

Wiktionary
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of or for agitating and propagandizing.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Agitprop

Noun

Singular:
agitprop
Plural:
agitprops

Origin of Agitprop

  • Russian short for otdel agitatsii i propagandy incitement and propaganda section (of the central and local committees of the Russian Communist party); name changed in 1934

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Russian "отдел (otdel) агитации (agitacii) и (i) пропаганды (propagandy)" (otdél agitácii i propagándy) - "Department for Agitation and Propaganda"

    From Wiktionary

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