agitprop

[ aj-it-prop ]

/ ˈædʒ ɪtˌprɒp /

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Definition of agitprop

noun

agitation and propaganda, especially for the cause of communism.

Often Agitprop . an agency or department, as of a government, that directs and coordinates agitation and propaganda.

Also ag·it·prop·ist. a person who is trained or takes part in such activities.

adjective

of or relating to agitprop.

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Origin of agitprop

First recorded in 1930–35; from Russian Agitpróp, originally for Agitatsiónno-propagandístskiĭ otdél “Agitation Propaganda Section” (of the Central Committee, or a local committee, of the Communist Party); subsequently the head of such a section, or in compound names of political education organs, as agitpropbrigáda, etc.

Words nearby agitprop

agitation, agitato, agitator, agit. bene, agitpop, agitprop, Aglaia, Aglaophon of Thasos, aglare, agleam, aglet

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How to use agitprop in a sentence

A few days later saw the theatrical release of Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” in which Baron Cohen delivers a slyly self-referential performance as Abbie Hoffman, his ’60s-era forebear in mischief-making agitprop.
Movies are rushing to impact the election. Don’t ask whether they’ll work. Ask whether they’ll last.|Ann Hornaday|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
Having reviewed anti-Israeli agitprop masquerading as theater, I was prepared to join critics in hating The Death of Klinghoffer.
See the Met’s ‘Klinghoffer,’ Then Judge It|James Kirchick|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yes, education is for everyone—provided they want to read wooden agitprop about how education in Cuba is for everyone.
Russell Brand’s Revolution For Morons|Michael Moynihan|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wizner said he understood the revulsion: The interchange looked like cheap agitprop.
Snowden’s Camp: Staged Putin Q&A Was a Screw-Up|Noah Shachtman|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If you Google “Obamacare navigators,” you will be hit smack in the fact with the usual agitprop.
What’s Really Obstructing Obamacare? GOP Resisters|Michael Tomasky|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Imagine the field day the right-wing agitprop machine would have had in 2008 with Barack Obama doing something like that.
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s Tax-Plan Flim-Flam|Michael Tomasky|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Agitprop, in turn, is responsible for the transmission of guidelines down to the lowest levels of party organization.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for agitprop

agitprop

/ (ˈædʒɪtˌprɒp) /

noun

(often capital) (formerly) a bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in charge of agitation and propaganda on behalf of Communism

any promotion, as in the arts, of political propaganda, esp of a Communist nature
(as modifier)agitprop theatre

Word Origin for agitprop

C20: short for Russian Agitpropbyuro, from agit (atsiya) agitation + prop (aganda) propaganda

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