Meanings
nounphotoganda (uncountable)
- uncountableA photograph regarded as being published or broadcast in the interest of advancing an ideological agenda.
Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event.
2024 July 15, Aïda Amer, “How photographers view the photos of Trump's assassination attempt”, in Axios
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotograph
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō̆-
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-
- Latinprōpāgō
- Latinprōpāgandus
- New Latinprōpāganda
- Englishpropaganda
- Englishphotoganda
Blend of photograph + propaganda.
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APA
photoganda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoganda
MLA
“photoganda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoganda. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoganda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoganda.
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