agitprop

Thân thiện

A theater group performs agitprop in a community hall.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Political propaganda communicated through artistic media: A form of communication, historically associated with communist regimes, that uses art, literature, theater, and cinema to promote specific political ideologies and influence public opinion.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The film was pure agitprop, designed to mobilize support for the regime.
  • Early Soviet posters are classic examples of agitprop.
  • The playwright was accused of creating agitprop rather than genuine art.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifier: The term can be used attributively to describe artistic works or institutions with a clear propaganda purpose.
  • They established an agitprop theater troupe to spread their message to rural villages.
  • The exhibition had a distinctly agitprop aesthetic.

Variants and Related Words

• Agitpropist (noun, rare): A person who creates or engages in agitprop.
• Agitational propaganda: A fuller phrase from which "agitprop" is portmanteaued (from Russian + ).

Synonyms

• Propaganda art: Artistic work created to promote a political cause.
• Political art: Art with an explicit political message, though not always as directly instrumental as agitprop.
• Didactic art: Art intended to instruct, particularly in moral or political principles.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Veering into agitprop": A critical phrase suggesting an artistic work has lost its subtlety or artistic merit and become blunt propaganda.
  • The novel's final chapters veer into agitprop, undermining its literary complexity.

Học thuật

Noun

1. political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema