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
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Origin of propagandist
First recorded in 1790–1800; propagand(a) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Ilya Ehrenburg, the Soviet writer and propagandist who was considered in Germany to be an inflammatory agitator, emerges in a more nuanced light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 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
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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