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prop·a·gan·da

(prŏp′ə-găn′də)

1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.

2. Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda.

[Earlier, organization for the propagation of a practice or point of view, from Propaganda, short for New Latin Sacra Congregātiō dē Prōpagandā Fidē, the Sacred Congregation for Propagating the Faith, a division of the Roman Curia established in 1622 to promote the evangelization of non-Christian peoples and the spread of the Roman Catholic Church in other Christian communities, from Latin prōpāgandā, ablative feminine gerundive of prōpāgāre, to propagate; see propagate.]

prop′a·gan′dism n.

prop′a·gan′dist n.

prop′a·gan·dis′tic adj.

prop′a·gan·dis′ti·cal·ly adv.

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propagandistic

(ˌprɒpəɡænˈdɪstɪk)

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) characterized by propaganda or propagandists

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