Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person who creates or spreads propaganda: A propagandist is someone who actively disseminates information, ideas, or rumors, often of a biased or misleading nature, to promote a particular political cause, point of view, or government.

2. Adjective:

   • Relating to or characteristic of propaganda: Describing something that is involved in, used for, or typical of the systematic spreading of information to influence public opinion.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The regime employed skilled propagandists to control the narrative.
  • She was accused of being a propagandist for the opposition party.

• Adjective:

  • The article had a distinctly propagandist tone, ignoring any facts that contradicted its message.
  • They analyzed the propagandist techniques used in the wartime posters.

Advanced Usage

• "to act as a propagandist for": to serve as an active promoter for a specific cause.

  • He acted as a propagandist for the environmental movement, writing passionate articles.

• Propagandist as a role: Often implies a deliberate intent to shape perceptions, sometimes through distortion or selective presentation of facts.

  • The film was less a documentary and more a piece of propagandist cinema.

Variants and Related Words

• Propaganda (n): Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

  • The government's propaganda was broadcast daily.

• Propagandize (v): To spread or promote propaganda.

  • The group sought to propagandize their ideology through social media.

Synonyms

• Noun: Advocate, promoter, publicist, spin doctor, ideologue.
• Adjective: Promotional, tendentious, partisan, ideological.

Related Phrases

• Master propagandist: An expert in creating and disseminating propaganda.
  • The minister was considered the master propagandist behind the campaign.

Idioms

• To be a propagandist at heart: To have a natural inclination to promote a cause aggressively, often without regard for objectivity.
  • Though a journalist, he was a propagandist at heart, never questioning his party's line.

Adjective

1. of or relating to or characterized by propaganda

Noun

1. a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government