propagandist
Americannoun
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a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
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a member or agent of a propaganda.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of propagandist
First recorded in 1790–1800; propagand(a) + -ist
Example Sentences
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His fate was hardly surprising, since he is now teaching in Switzerland and said in a recent speech that Prague's party spokesmen make Nazi Propagandist Joseph Goebbels "look like an altar boy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Over the air, Chief Propagandist Salah Salem painted Mohammed Naguib as never before?an ambitious, hypocritical, devious publicity seeker.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Moscow there arrived in Canton in 1924 the great Propagandist Michael Borodin and the able Soviet General Galen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tiredly, Propagandist Joseph Goebbels eulogized: "Even the greatest leaders of history will be faced with occasional setbacks."
From Time Magazine Archive
His "Dr. Burgess, Propagandist" is an amateur classic.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
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