propagandist

[ prop-uh-gan-dist ]

noun

1. a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
2. a member or agent of a propaganda.

adjective

1. Also propa·gan·distic. pertaining to propaganda or propagandists.

Other Words From

• propa·gandism noun
• propa·gan·disti·cal·ly adverb
• nonprop·a·gandist noun adjective
• semi·propa·gandist adjective
• unprop·a·gan·distic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of propagandist¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; propagand(a) + -ist

Example Sentences

The man was Anwar al-Awlaki, a well-known and highly skilled al-Qaeda propagandist living in Yemen.

From Washington Post

Even before the Cold War, Soviet propagandists had developed a knack for turning America’s problems against it.

From Time

That’s what influencers, propagandists, and industrial groups are doing.

From Nautilus

On state television, a Kremlin propagandist even suggested launching a pre-emptive nuclear strike that would, as he put it, scare the Americans off.

From Time

Here Isaacson parrots a state media report, unwittingly playing propagandist.

From MIT Technology Review

The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.

From The Daily Beast

By her own definition, that makes her a pretty “good” propagandist.

From The Daily Beast

He had been a leading anti-Semitic propagandist under Joseph Goebbels.

From The Daily Beast

So why is Stephen F. Cohen so eager to act as a propagandist for Putin?

From The Daily Beast

But Frisk makes a strong case that Rusher was not a mere populist propagandist.

From The Daily Beast

In 1898 this association began the publication of a propagandist journal which is now called American Forestry.

From Project Gutenberg

A communist propagandist is like a disease germ; he doesn't belong in healthy bodies.

From Project Gutenberg

They asked M. de Talleyrand to allow them to say "this propagandist spirit" instead of "certain doctrines."

From Project Gutenberg

With Spartan firmness I turned a deaf ear to the persuasive music of the propagandist, and entered where hope is all before.

From Project Gutenberg

But let no one think that, by any such representation, he would gain an advantage over the republican propagandist.

From Project Gutenberg