propaganda

[US]/ˌprɒpəˈɡændə/
[UK]/ˌprɑːpəˈɡændə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. dissemination of information, especially biased or misleading in nature, to promote a particular political cause or point of view.

Phrases & Collocations

propaganda department

Example Sentences

conduct propaganda and agitation

a piece of propaganda trumpery

a counterblast to the growing propaganda of the Left.

black propaganda; black radio transmissions.

wartime propaganda that demonizes the enemy.

Soviet propaganda against Fascism

to indoctrinate someone with political propaganda

the Bolshevist propaganda which you imbibed in your youth.

A lot of propaganda has painted him as bad.

the party's leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary.

On the 11th November 1720 the Custos of the Holy Land writes to the Holy Congregation Propaganda Fide that some persons had made the population of Bethlehem rise against the Franciscans.

US President Bill Clinton acted tough by ex- pelling a persona non grata;Russians huffily brand the whole spy case a“propaganda counteroffensive.

Real-world Examples

And they can challenge government propaganda by creating alternative media.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2016 Collection

It is a full service propaganda machine.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

These are all propaganda they are making.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2023 Compilation

Let's just hope it's not about flat Earth propaganda.

Source: If there is a if.

The idea that he was short comes only from British wartime propaganda.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Lavishly filmed by the Wehrmacht's propaganda units.

Source: The Apocalypse of World War II

Second, the U.S. is fostering media independence throughout Eastern Europe to combat Kremlin-sponsored propaganda.

Source: VOA Daily Standard July 2019 Collection

German propaganda newsreels insist on showing repeated close-ups of their faces.

Source: The Apocalypse of World War II

He admitted trying to steal a propaganda banner.

Source: AP Listening Collection March 2016

A Russian court has fined Facebook's parent company, Meta, for what it calls LGBT propaganda.

Source: PBS English News

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