propagandist

English

Etymology

From propaganda +‎ -ist, after French propagandiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒpəˈɡandɪst/

Noun

propagandist (plural propagandists)

1. A person who disseminates propaganda. [from 18th c.]

Translations

Person who disseminates propaganda

• Catalan: propagandista m or f
• French: propagandiste (fr) m or f
• German: Propagandist (de) m, Propagandistin (de) f
• Hebrew: תעמלן (taa`mlan)
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• Polish: propagandysta (pl) m, propagandystka (pl) f, propagandzista (pl) m, propagandzistka (pl) f
• Russian: пропаганди́ст (ru) m (propagandíst), пропаганди́стка (ru) f (propagandístka)
• Spanish: propagandista (es) m or f, panfletario m
• Swedish: propagandist

Adjective

propagandist (comparative more propagandist, superlative most propagandist)

1. Consisting of or spreading propaganda. [from 19th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:

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

Anagrams

• strappadoing