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propaganda

  • noun
  • prŏp-ə-gănʹ-də

The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.

Other meanings

  1. Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.

    “Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis.”

Related words

  • photoganda
  • propagandic
  • propaganda by the deed
  • propaganda of the deed
  • agitprop
  • antipropaganda
  • black propaganda
  • copaganda
  • counterpropaganda
  • cyberpropaganda
  • homopropaganda
  • infoganda

Example sentences

  • “You are not immune to propaganda.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "prōpāgō" (propagate).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “propaganda” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.