propagandist

American  

[prop-uh-gan-dist] / ˌprɒp əˈgæn dɪst /

noun

1. a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.

2. a member or agent of a propaganda.

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adjective

1. Also propagandistic. pertaining to propaganda or propagandists.

Other Word Forms

• nonpropagandist
  noun
• propagandism
  noun
• semipropagandist
  adjective
• unpropagandistic
  adjective
• propagandistically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of propagandist

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

Example Sentences

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propagandist

He began as a Royal Academician, became an ardent revolutionary, barely escaped execution after the fall of Robespierre, went on to be Napoleon’s chief propagandist, and ended life a political exile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

“It’s a uniform that’s given to her to create the propagandist view of goodness and solidify her as an icon,” said Tazewell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

I even saw the term combat propagandist used for the first time during this conflict.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025

President Vladimir Putin, deputy head of the national security council Dmitry Medvedev, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Russian propagandist TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov and pro-Russian war commentators known as "Z-bloggers" are all cited.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

Some theologians were not content with moral certainty: in 1689 the Presbyterian propagandist Richard Baxter discussed the concept of evidence at great length, and decided that the only sort of evidence that counted was Evidence-Perspicuity.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton