propagandist

English

Etymology

From propaganda + -ist, after French propagandiste.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɒpəˈɡandɪst/

Noun

propagandist (plural propagandists)

  1. A person who disseminates propaganda. [from 18th c.]
    • 1910, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 14, page 31:
      Every country has been officially invited by the Belgian Government to send delegates to the International Congress of Agricultural Associations, which will take pace at Brussels in September, 1910. In most countries propagandist committees have been formed in connection with this Congress.

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Adjective

propagandist (comparative more propagandist, superlative most propagandist)

  1. Consisting of or spreading propaganda. [from 19th c.]
    Synonym: propagandistic
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:
      Of course many of these accounts were propagandist in intention and designed for an unsophisticated audience.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French propagandiste.

Noun

propagandist m (plural propagandiști)

  1. propagandist

Declension

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