propagandist

plural propagandists

1. A person who disseminates propaganda.First known use 18th c.

   It's Alexander the Great who everyone remembers and much of that is down to his and his propagandists' genius.

   2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 261

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   Every country has been officially invited by the Belgian Government to send delegates to the International Congress of Agricultural Associations, which will take pace at Brussels in September, 1910. In most countries propagandist committees have been formed in connection with this Congress.

   1910, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 14, page 31

   "Astroturfers and propagandists tend to attack and controversialize the news organizations, personalities and people surrounding an issue rather than sticking to the facts."

   2015, Kevin Barry, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC

comparative more propagandist · superlative most propagandist

1. Consisting of or spreading propaganda.First known use 19th c.

   Of course many of these accounts were propagandist in intention and designed for an unsophisticated audience.

   1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 87

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   In another comment from the audience, one woman raised what is perhaps the anti-pornography movement's strongest point. "There's a strain of pornography which is incredibly propagandist against women," she said.

   1985 April 13, Sean Herhily, “Anti-Censorship Forum”, in Gay Community News, page 10

   Synonyms: propagandistic