propagandist
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7.8
- noun
- /ˌprɒpəˈɡændɪst/
- Literature
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propagandista
- He worked as a propagandist during the war, spreading news that supported the government's efforts.
- Japanese propagandists
- communist propagandists
- American propagandists
But it seems that many of these people you would still label as propagandists rather than historians and scholars.
- But it seems that many of these people you would still label as propagandists rather than historians and scholars.
- All of these people are propagandists that are supporting Trump above all of the institutions that we hold dear.
- But there was this threat that Americans may be being recruited on Facebook and on on YouTube and on Twitter by ISIS propagandists.
- And unfortunately for my opposition to them, I've been smeared as a fascist propagandist and have been beaten and have had to go into hiding.
- In the case of the propagandist in The Hague and some of the other long trials?
- So we know that he had the chief propagandist, according to your book, to his headquarters in his office.
Examples
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These people are accomplished propagandists.
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The class-riven conditions in the army reflected everyday life in England, making the propagandists' strategy all the easier.
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They need a great propagandist that can sell you anything.
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So the job of the propagandist is to construct a viable pseudo-environment for them.
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On a very basic level, both the artist and the entrepreneur were propagandists who played to a broad consumer base.
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Do you realize what the Japanese propagandists are telling the Filipino people?
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But it seems that many of these people you would still label as propagandists rather than historians and scholars.
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Modern wars have become, literally, wars between masses, and the propagandists' role has been adapted to match this new situation.
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Samuel Adams, brilliant propagandist that he is, decides there has to be an immediate response to these new encroachments on colonial rights.
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Like, for example, Tucker Carlson is a propagandist on Fox News who uses populist rhetoric.
Synonyms
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7.1
A person who makes news or events look better to influence people's opinions
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3.7
A person who convinces others to do or believe something
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8.9
A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief
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8.5
A person who spreads nasty stories about others to harm them, often in politics
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8.5
A person who writes short leaflets to support a political or social cause
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7.1
A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause
A person who tries to win support by saying what many people want to hear
Antonyms
How Persuasive
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
propagandist = propaganda (transparent) = propaganda + ist
Clear agentive formation: 'propaganda' + '-ist' denotes a person who produces or promotes propaganda.
Etymology
Propagandist comes from the Latin propagare, meaning 'to spread' or 'to make grow'. Think of someone who spreads seeds: a propagandist spreads ideas to make them grow in people's minds, often in a one-sided or misleading way.