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propaganda Definition

propa·ganda (präp′ə gan′də; also, for 2 & 3 prō′pə-)

noun

  1. R.C.Ch. a committee of cardinals, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, in charge of the foreign missions
  2. any systematic, widespread dissemination or promotion of particular ideas, doctrines, practices, etc. to further one's own cause or to damage an opposing one
  3. ideas, doctrines, or allegations so spread: now often used disparagingly to connote deception or distortion

Etymology: ModL, short for congregatio de propaganda fide, congregation for propagating the faith: see propagate

propaganda Synonyms

propaganda

n.

promotion, publicity, advertisement, publication, announcement, evangelism, proselytism, promulgation, ballyhoo*, handout*.

propaganda Usage Examples

Preposition: of

deed: Words had failed, action - 'the propaganda of the deed ' was the only option left in the eyes of some Muslims.

Converse of object

  • disseminate: Since 9/11 the websites have been the main links to disseminate propaganda and information.
  • counter: Fascists can't better counter the malicious propaganda to destroy friendly relations with Germany than by using this fact.
  • spread: It tells that Kaunitz, with whom Candy was imprisoned in South Africa, is spreading black propaganda about English tactics in South Africa.
  • broadcast: I tune my radio and TV scale like crazy, but all the stations broadcast only propaganda, and very little of information.
  • distribute: This program is family entertainment and should not be used to distribute propaganda for the gay lobby.

Adjective modifier

  • Nazi: Nazi propaganda greatly exaggerated stories of attacks on the German minority.
  • anti-Christian: They report that a group of men dressed in military uniform landed in Lombok just before the violence, disseminating anti-Christian propaganda.
  • anti-communist: The Malayan Emergency illustrates how the British government grappled with the issue of political terminology within the broader context of anti-communist propaganda.
  • Zionist: This needs to be asserted over against Zionist propaganda.
  • communist: Communist propaganda told people that everything in the West was bad.
  • blatant: It was possibly the most one-sided piece of blatant propaganda that has ever been transmitted in Britain in time of peace.

Modifies a noun

  • coup: Clearly a propaganda coup, similar to Lord Haw Haw, the Nazis planned to expand their use of Amery.
  • offensive: Tony Blair then launched on a propaganda offensive of his own.
  • poster: During the war there was a propaganda poster that said ' careless talk costs lives ' .
  • onslaught: Undoubtedly there will be a propaganda onslaught, financed by the tax payer, to persuade the British people to change their minds.
  • ploy: I am not anybody's propaganda ploy, well except my own.
  • rag: At least it isn't EU Student Association propaganda rag Hype.

Noun used with modifier

  • separatist: Some of them have been threatened with prosecution for ' ' separatist propaganda, ' ' which carries a three-year prison term.
  • wartime: In 1917, Grosz joined with John Heartfield in protesting about the German wartime propaganda campaign against the allies.