propaganda
nounUK /ˌpɹɒpəˈɡændə/ · CA, US /ˌpɹɑpəˈɡændə/
Etymology From 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.
Usually, As a neutral word dated 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.
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- Meanwhile, with something like twenty-five million new mouths bawling for food every year, the supply problem became steadily worse, and after years of ineffective propaganda a couple of atrocious harvests had at last made the people aware of its urgency.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 28:
Lifestyle, Religion Historical, Usually, As a neutral word dated The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.
Derogatory, Usually Such communication specifically when it is biased, misleading, or provoking mainly emotional responses.
- They established a government propaganda commission, called the Creel Commission, which succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population which wanted to destroy everything German, tear the Germans limb from limb, go to war and save the world.2002, Noam Chomsky, “Selections”, in Media Control:
- In this metropolis that had a prewar population of almost a million, but where the city center now feels like an Orwellian ghost town of propaganda posters and armed patrols, perhaps no one feels more alone than those who still harbor pro-Ukrainian sentiments.2014 September 25, Anthony Faiola, “An Orwellian nightmare for pro-Ukrainians in rebel-held east”, in The Washington Post, Nash Holdings, LLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2016, retrieved 25 Sep 2014:
- Derived terms
27 terms
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