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agitprop

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also agit-prop , 1938, from Russian agitatsiya "agitation" (from French agitation ; see agitation ) + propaganda , from German (see propaganda ).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Such clever agitprop worked well enough to get Clinton elected, but not well enough to make the programs work. ▪ They further confused the tone of a piece that had about it the whiff of 1970s radical agitprop . ▪ We went in for ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Agitprop (; from , derived from agitation and propaganda ) is stage plays, pamphlets, motion pictures and other art forms with an explicitly political message. The term agitprop originated in the Russian SFSR (which later joined the Soviet Union ), as a ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
agitprop \agitprop\ n. [agitation + propaganda.] 1. agitation and propaganda; -- used especially for such activities carried out on behalf of communist activists. a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government; one ...

Usage examples of agitprop.

He behaved with more maturity than this nitwit spouting agitprop at him in his own flat, a decently-kept place, unlike Louie's bug-infested rubbish dump in Chalk Farm.

Sandra, reverting automatically from the agitprop activist into the fluttering hostess.