propaganda
Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and…Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.
» None of us are immune to propaganda.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.
Near-synonym: public diplomacy (sometimes asserted to be synonymous)
Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis.
Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.
(historical, uncountable, usually)The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.
Propaganda
пропага́ндаpropagánda, агита́цияagitácija
пропага́ндаpropahánda, агіта́ціяahitácija
(derogatory, uncountable, usually)Such communication specifically when it is biased, misleading, or provoking mainly emotional responses.
- information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
Examples
83 sentencesNone of us are immune to propaganda.
Stop listening to propaganda.
ruПерестань слушать пропаганду.
You don't like your own propaganda.
Вам не подобається ваша власна пропаганда.
Nazis often use dog whistles in the hopes that they will generate outrage, and use this outrage to further their propaganda.
Нацисти часто використовують «собачі свистки», сподіваючись спричинити обурення і використати це обурення для просування своєї пропаганди.
I'm in charge of the propaganda.
ruЯ заведую пропагандой.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin prōpāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Prōpāgandā Fidē (“a committee of cardiFrom New Latin prōpāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Prōpāgandā Fidē (“a committee of cardinals established in 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions”, literally “congregation for propagating the faith”), and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgō (“propagate”). Once the word had been detached from the phrase from which it originated, it could be reinterpreted as a neuter plural gerundive, meaning "things to be propagated"; compare agenda. Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative.
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