Propagandize

verb

verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To use or spread propaganda. intransitive
  2. 2
    spread by propaganda wordnet
  3. 3
    To tell propaganda to someone in an attempt to influence one's views. transitive

    "After we'd managed to make ourselves comfortable in this garret, my new friends began to propagandize me. All they knew about me was that I was a student […]"

  4. 4
    subject to propaganda wordnet
  5. 5
    To use something or someone in propaganda purposes. transitive

    "He propagandized this panacea with single-minded determination throughout the revolutionary period and even managed to establish a People's Bank for a short time before his arrest in 1849."

Synonyms

All synonyms
advertiseindoctrinatepromotepropagandisepropagatepublicize

Example

More examples

"If you thought that we were "on a little planet with little peoples," you would not want to propagandize anything."

Etymology

From propaganda + -ize.

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