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

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Etymology

Origin of propagandist

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

propagandist

Lenin declared that “of all the arts the most important for us is the cinema,” and Eisenstein ranked high among the many directors urged to produce propagandist films.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 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

They included Hitler’s propagandist Joseph Goebbels, who wrote in his diary in 1924: “I believe in the inner, but not the factual, truth of The Protocols.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

Even the most amateur propagandist could conjure sinister implications.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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