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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

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propaganda Synonyms

propaganda

n.

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


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propaganda Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • disseminate: Since 9/11 the websites have been the main links to disseminate propaganda and information.

Adjective modifier

  • Nazi: Nazi propaganda greatly exaggerated stories of attacks on the German minority.

Modifies a noun

  • coup: Clearly a propaganda coup, similar to Lord Haw Haw, the Nazis planned to expand their use of Amery.

Noun used with modifier

  • separatist: Some of them have been threatened with prosecution for ' ' separatist propaganda, ' ' which carries a three-year prison term.
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propaganda quotes

It is just as full of propaganda as a dog is full of fleas. In fact, I say it's all fleas and no dog.

-Acheson, Dean Gooderham

The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of theterm.Theyare engines of propaganda for the constantly-changing policies, desires, personal wishes, and personal likes and dislikes of two men† What the proprietorship of those papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibilityöthe prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

-Baldwin (of Bewdley), Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl

The British Labour movement is today, and for many years has been, working in a narrow circle of strikes that are looked upon, not as an expedient, and not as a means of propaganda, but as an ultimate aim.

-Engels, Friedrich

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