propaganda
propaganda
noun
/ˌprɒpəˈɡændə/
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
He has been listening to his own propaganda for so long that he is in danger of believing it.
Soviet propaganda against Fascism
The Olympics were of great propaganda value to the regime.
The film was made in 1938 for propaganda purposes.
The papers were full of political propaganda about nationalization.
The pirate radio station broadcast anti-government propaganda.
the lies that were spewed out by the regime's propaganda machine
This document is pure party propaganda.
TOPICS Politics C1
Collocations
adjective
government
official
party
verb + propaganda
broadcast
counter
spread
propaganda + noun
battle
campaign
effort
phrases
somebody’s own propaganda
preposition
propaganda  aboutpropaganda  against
Word Origin
Italian, from modern Latin congregatio de propaganda fide ‘congregation for propagation of the faith’, which was a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions (founded in 1622). The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.