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

I think it is because we as a species yearn for that connection as much as we have been whipped up into tribalism and propagandized into tribalism.

From Salon

“Everywhere you look, there’s branding and advertising. It has the secondary or tertiary effect of causing people to then want to act out and propagandize themselves.”

From Los Angeles Times

Admittedly, I, like any proud Nittany Lion, had been gently propagandizing this notion to my son ever since he could talk.

From Salon

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

Wilson at first sought to stand apart from the propagandizing on both sides, and he waged a 1916 reelection campaign on the ultimately misleading slogan “He Kept Us Out of War.”

From Washington Post