Agitprop

Word AGITPROP
Character 8
Hyphenation agitprop
Pronunciations /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/

Definitions and meanings of "Agitprop"

What do we mean by agitprop?

Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music. noun

Agitation and propaganda; -- used especially for such activities carried out on behalf of communist activists. noun

A person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government; one disseminating agitprop{1}. Also called agitpropist. noun

Political propaganda disseminated through art, literature, drama, etc., especially Communist propaganda noun

An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda. noun

Political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema noun

Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; also , an instance of such propaganda.

An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Agitprop

The word "agitprop" in example sentences

The country's propaganda office-modeled after the similarly named Soviet agency whose efforts gave rise to the term "agitprop"-is tasked with disseminating slogans, artwork, movies, and media reports that reinforce the regime. ❋ Will Oremus (2011)

Maybe the Congressional Black Caucus, or Eric Holder, or even Media Matters, should put their money where their agitprop is and risk $100,000 to see if any witnesses come forward to back up their opponents in the New Black Panther incident. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That a once-respected and influential journal should publish this kind of agitprop is truly disgraceful. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But underneath the agitprop is financial violence: handouts to the wealthy, destruction of our infrastructure, desecration of the environment, and abandonment of the needy. ❋ Bob Burnett (2010)

It all basically went down like this: CNN has spent the past few months documenting the activities of some of the conservative movement's new young guns, including O'Keefe, whose undercover agitprop is a staple of an organization called Project Veritas. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

There’s been a steady anti-union bias in every Presidential administration since Reagan and a relentless stream of agitprop from the media painting unions as the root of all evil in the modern workplace, when in fact the power and influence of labor is at all all-time low since the turn of the * last* century. ❋ Unknown (2005)

More than £3.5 million has gone on recruiting a worldwide network of young "climate activists" in over 70 countries to engage in climate change propaganda - what Marxists used to call agitprop - and to pressure their politicians to join the worldwide struggle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Actually, the production's akin to the so-called agitprop of the '60s, but with better lyrics and music, and much better acting! ❋ Unknown (2009)

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