Propagandist
noun
A person who promotes or spreads ideas, information, or rumors to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
He got known as an enthusiastic propagandist for the ruling party.
Often appears as...
- government propagandist
- political propagandist
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Intended to spread specific ideas or information.
Their propagandist broadcasts were meant to influence public opinion.
Often appears as...
- propagandist claims
- propagandist literature
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Disapproving
noun
A person who promotes or spreads ideas, information, or rumors to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
He got known as an enthusiastic propagandist for the ruling party.
Often appears as...
- government propagandist
- political propagandist
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Intended to spread specific ideas or information.
Their propagandist broadcasts were meant to influence public opinion.
Often appears as...
- propagandist claims
- propagandist literature
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Neutral or Biased
Consider if the 'propagandist' has a neutral standpoint or is pushing a biased view.
He was a skilled propagandist, weaving facts with opinions.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
'Propagandist' might have a negative connotation, suggesting manipulation or deceit.
The propagandist manipulated the narrative to discredit the opposition.
Pro Tip 3/3Identify Intent
Be aware of the propagandist's intent: to persuade, promote, or undermine.
Her role as a propagandist was to bolster the party's image.
Pro Tip 1/3Neutral or Biased
Consider if the 'propagandist' has a neutral standpoint or is pushing a biased view.
He was a skilled propagandist, weaving facts with opinions.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
'Propagandist' might have a negative connotation, suggesting manipulation or deceit.
The propagandist manipulated the narrative to discredit the opposition.
Pro Tip 3/3Identify Intent
Be aware of the propagandist's intent: to persuade, promote, or undermine.
Her role as a propagandist was to bolster the party's image.
Pro Tip 1/3Neutral or Biased
Consider if the 'propagandist' has a neutral standpoint or is pushing a biased view.
He was a skilled propagandist, weaving facts with opinions.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
'Propagandist' might have a negative connotation, suggesting manipulation or deceit.
The propagandist manipulated the narrative to discredit the opposition.
Pro Tip 3/3Identify Intent
Be aware of the propagandist's intent: to persuade, promote, or undermine.
Her role as a propagandist was to bolster the party's image.
Compare with
advocateagitatorcampaignlobbyistpersuaderpromoterpropagatorpublicistspokesperson
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
eyes through your senses truths that have otherwise come to you through your minds essentially it's propaganda Rembrandt is a propagandist in the in the Christian view now the word propaganda sets off alarm bells we think of Hitler we think of Stalin don't necessarily propaganda is a manner of
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
So as you walk around a church, or a mosque or a cathedral, what you're trying to imbibe, what you're imbibing is, through your eyes, through your senses, truths that have otherwise come to you through your mind. Essentially it's propaganda. Rembrandt is a propagandist in the Christian view.
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The Power of Photography...
the photography information it all flows in one direction it comes from one place this is how we get our image of the country and this is a state agency where the word propagandist is not a dirty
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
eyes through your senses truths that have otherwise come to you through your minds essentially it's propaganda Rembrandt is a propagandist in the in the Christian view now the word propaganda sets off alarm bells we think of Hitler we think of Stalin don't necessarily propaganda is a manner of
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
So as you walk around a church, or a mosque or a cathedral, what you're trying to imbibe, what you're imbibing is, through your eyes, through your senses, truths that have otherwise come to you through your mind. Essentially it's propaganda. Rembrandt is a propagandist in the Christian view.
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The Power of Photography...
the photography information it all flows in one direction it comes from one place this is how we get our image of the country and this is a state agency where the word propagandist is not a dirty
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Quote examples
Fredrik Bajer
Danish Writer
Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.
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Ron Howard
American Director
Don't make election popularity largely a matter of which candidate hires the most creative and effective propagandists. Insist that it be, instead, a running conversation with the public.
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Yehudi Menuhin
American Musician
The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Jack Schwartz
Scientist
Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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Jim Acosta
American Journalist
Members of the press have been so savaged by Trump and his propagandists in the media that journalists seem almost foreign or anti-American to his supporters.
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Cornelia Parker
English Artist
I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to interpretation.
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Vladimir Lenin
Russian Leader
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
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Max Beerbohm
English Actor
As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
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Mos Def
American Musician
There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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David Hockney
English Artist
I'm a bit of a propagandist.
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Fredrik Bajer
Danish Writer
Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.
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Ron Howard
American Director
Don't make election popularity largely a matter of which candidate hires the most creative and effective propagandists. Insist that it be, instead, a running conversation with the public.
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Yehudi Menuhin
American Musician
The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Jack Schwartz
Scientist
Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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Jim Acosta
American Journalist
Members of the press have been so savaged by Trump and his propagandists in the media that journalists seem almost foreign or anti-American to his supporters.
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Cornelia Parker
English Artist
I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to interpretation.
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Vladimir Lenin
Russian Leader
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
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Max Beerbohm
English Actor
As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
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Mos Def
American Musician
There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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David Hockney
English Artist
I'm a bit of a propagandist.
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