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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David’s genius as a narrator and propagandist was in choosing the most emotionally charged episode in a story and choreographing it to contrast the responses of the protagonists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
“It’s a uniform that’s given to her to create the propagandist view of goodness and solidify her as an icon,” said Tazewell.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 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
Indeed, Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels venerated Hitler and created a pseudo-religion to gain popular support.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2024
Some theologians were not content with moral certainty: in 1689 the Presbyterian propagandist Richard Baxter discussed the concept of evidence at great length, and decided that the only sort of evidence that counted was Evidence-Perspicuity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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