Propagandist

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who disseminates propaganda.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting of or spreading propaganda.

    "Of course many of these accounts were propagandist in intention and designed for an unsophisticated audience."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characterized by propaganda wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
agitpropapostleevangelisthasbaratindoctrinationpropagandistic

Example

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"Are you just a paid state propagandist or what?"

Etymology

From propaganda + -ist, after French propagandiste.

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