propaganda
NounUS[prop-uh-gan-duh]/ˌprɑpəˈɡændə/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some causeType of information, infoKinds agitprop
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Translations
Noun concerted set of messages
- Spanish
- propaganda
- French
- propagande
- German
- Propaganda
- Italian
- propaganda
- Portuguese
- propaganda
- Turkish
- propaganda
- Russian
- пропага́нда propagánda
- Arabic
- بْرُوبَاغَنْدَا brūbāḡandā
- Chinese
- 政治宣传 zhèngzhì xuānchuán
- Japanese
- プロパガンダ puropaganda
22 more languages
- Dutch
- propaganda
- Polish
- propaganda
- Swedish
- propaganda
- Greek
- προπαγάνδα propagánda
- Korean
- 선전 seonjeon
- Indonesian
- propaganda
- Vietnamese
- tuyên truyền
- Hungarian
- propaganda
- Portuguese (PT)
- propaganda
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 政治宣傳 zhèngzhì xuānchuán
- Albanian
- propagandë
- Catalan
- propaganda
- Czech
- propaganda
- Danish
- propaganda
- Esperanto
- propagando
- Finnish
- propaganda
- Georgian
- პროპაგანდა ṗroṗaganda
- Hebrew
- תַּעֲמוּלָה ta'amulá
- Icelandic
- áróður
- Norwegian
- propaganda
- Romanian
- propagandă
- Serbo-Croatian
- propaganda
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Prop′a·gan′da noun
Origin: Abbrev. fr. L. de propaganda fide: cf. F. propagande. See Propagate.
1. Roman Catholic Church (a) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions. (b) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.
2. Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54