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- Dictionarypropaganda/ˌprɒpəˈɡandə/
noun
- 1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view: "he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda"
- 2. a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions, founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.
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information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions: political / wartime propaganda. At school we were fed communist / right-wing propaganda.
: ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause. also : a public action having such an effect. Did you know? The History of Propaganda. Propaganda is today most often used in reference to political statements, but the word comes to our language through its use in a religious context.
3 days ago · propaganda, dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumours, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion.
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being prese...
Propaganda definition: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.. See examples of PROPAGANDA used in a sentence.
a school (College of Propaganda) established by Pope Urban VIII for the education of priests for foreign missions. Archaic . an organization or movement for the spreading of propaganda.
Meaning & use. Quotations. Hide all quotations. Contents. 1. Roman Catholic Church. Usually with the. (a) More fully… 2. An organization, scheme, or movement for the propagation of… 3. The systematic dissemination of information, esp. in a… Earlier version. propaganda, n. in OED Second Edition (1989) 1. 1679–. Roman Catholic Church.
/ˌprɑːpəˈɡændə/ [uncountable] (usually disapproving) ideas or statements that may be false or present only one side of an argument that are used in order to gain support for a political leader, party, etc. enemy propaganda. a propaganda campaign. Extra Examples. Topics Politics c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
PROPAGANDA meaning: ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.
Propaganda is the spreading of information in support of a cause. It’s not so important whether the information is true or false or if the cause is just or not — it’s all propaganda.
