noun
propaganda
pro-puh-GAN-duh
noun
1
Information, often biased or misleading, spread to influence public opinion or promote a cause.
"The regime used propaganda to convince citizens the war was going well."
"Historians study old wartime posters as examples of propaganda."
How to Use Propaganda
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBiased or misleading information designed to push an agenda or belief.
Common pairings
spread propaganda
wartime propaganda
political propaganda
Word Forms
propagandas plural
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Etymology
From New Latin prōpaganda, short for Congregātiō dē Prōpāgandā Fidē ("congregation for propagating the faith"), a Catholic missionary committee founded in 1622. The political sense, and its negative connotation, emerged around World War I.