agitprop

[ aj-it-prop ]
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noun
  1. agitation and propaganda, especially for the cause of communism.

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

  1. Also agitpropist. a person who is trained or takes part in such activities.

adjective
  1. of or relating to agitprop.

Origin of agitprop

1
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.

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British Dictionary definitions for agitprop

agitprop

/ (ˈædʒɪtˌprɒp) /


noun
  1. (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

Origin of agitprop

1
C20: short for Russian Agitpropbyuro, from agit (atsiya) agitation + prop (aganda) propaganda

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