propagandist

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noun

pro·pa·gan·dist ˌprä-pə-ˈgan-dist

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plural propagandists

: someone who produces or spreads propaganda : a person who spreads ideas, facts, or allegations deliberately to further a cause or to damage an opposing cause

left-wing/right-wing propagandists

From the mid-1860s on through the 1870s, Jesse had the help of a propagandist, a former Confederate major named John Newman Edwards, who switched to journalism and did all he could to promote Jesse as a kind of rebel knight errant.—

Larry McMurtry

propagandist

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adjective

variants or propagandistic

ˌprä-pə-ˌgan-ˈdi-stik

ˌprō-

: of, relating to, or being propaganda : characterized by ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further a cause or to damage an opposing cause

propagandist rhetoric

propagandistic art

"… I like Jacques-Louis David a lot, too, although he was a propagandist painter. …"—

Bob Dylan

Accompanying text reported the outstanding political and economic achievements of the Party and detailed propagandistic speeches at length.—

Linda Jensen

Yes, this film is propagandist in nature, but is at the same time a documentary.—

Matt Campbell

propagandistically

ˌprä-pə-ˌgan-ˈdi-sti-k(ə-)lē

ˌprō-

adverb

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Noun

The offer came from Russian propagandist Simeon Boikov, who had paid him roughly 10 other times also, CNN reported. —

Loreben Tuquero, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024 Already, in the immediate aftermath of the election, leading Russian propagandists have asserted that Moscow doesn’t care about any peace initiatives and warned the United States not to issue ultimatums. —

Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024

Adjective

Stamps are also used for more expressly political or propagandist purposes. —

Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2024 Russia has relied on a litany of propagandist tactics to garner support and shield the reality of the war from its own population. —

Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 24 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for propagandist