propagandize

American  

[prop-uh-gan-dahyz] / ˌprɒp əˈgæn daɪz /

especially British, propagandise

verb (used with object)

propagandized, propagandizing

1. to subject to propaganda.

   The Foreign Affairs department developed a plan to propagandize enemy countries.

2. to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.

   The newspaper was accused of propagandizing state-approved stories rather than providing factual coverage.

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verb (used without object)

propagandized, propagandizing

1. to carry on or disseminate propaganda.

   Government agencies are supposed to be politically neutral, and are not supposed to propagandize in favor of specific agendas.

propagandize British  

/ ˌprɒpəˈɡændaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to spread by propaganda

2. (tr) to subject to propaganda

3. (intr) to spread or organize propaganda

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Etymology

Origin of propagandize

First recorded in 1835–45; propagand(a) + -ize

Example Sentences

He is successful at recruiting the red priests to propagandize for him and is clearly moving toward better crime management before the slave masters attempt to sack the city.

From Salon

Dr. William Freeman Snow, director of the American Social Hygiene Association announced that, of the $500,000 which he needs to propagandize for Dr. Parran's program, he already had collected $102,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S., as a free nation, can only propagandize its freedom�and freedom includes the right of men to dissent from their Government, to strike, to vote against it, to cry out against it.

From Time Magazine Archive

“People ask you all these questions. Here, I pick the topics. I get a chance to propagandize for myself.”

From Seattle Times

This made it easier for businesses and social critics to propagandize against fatness because, simply put, the existence of more fat people opened up potentially lucrative opportunities for doing so.

From Salon