propagandistn.adj.
/ˌprɒpəˈɡandɪst/, U.S. /ˌprɑpəˈɡændəst/ A. n.
1. A person who produces or disseminates propaganda, esp. as a political strategy; an advocate of the systematic use of propaganda; a person devoted to the propagation of a particular doctrine, idea, etc. Also figurative.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > propaganda > one who
propagandist1792
1792 Times 29 Aug. 3/1 They form a fanatic league against all Crowns; and are on this account also stiled Propagandists.
1795 E. Burke Let. 26 May in Two Lett. Conduct Domestick Parties (1797) 109 How can I help it, if this Royal propagandist will preach the doctrine of the rights of men?
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 352 The propagandist of Atheism and the Jesuit both find facile converts.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 114 Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than Good.
1942 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Jan. 8/1 The rumors have been fostered by Hitler's propagandists.
1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture vii. 117 A man who is a recognized propagandist against both religion and morality.
2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Jan. 47/3 A guilty verdict could make propagandists around the world a little more nervous about fomenting hate for a living.
2. Roman Catholic Church. Usually with capital initial. A missionary or convert of the Congregation of the Propaganda (propaganda n. 1); (now more generally) a person committed to promoting the Catholic faith.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun] > collective > having charge of business > foreign missions > person
propagandist1821
1821 Edinb. Advertiser 20 Nov. 323/1 The Jesuits possessed..16 houses of residence, which, if not completely occupied at the time of the suppression, would soon have been so in consequence of the activity of the new Propagandists.
1823 J. Lingard Let. Oct. in Hist. Eng. (1855) X. 25 If the Propagandists have time for such trifles, they have the book: let them read and judge for themselves.
1833 A. Crichton Hist. Arabia I. i. 29 (note) He exposed the errors and superstitions of the Church of Rome, so as to alarm the Propagandists, who employed a Franciscan friar to refute it.
1890 Tablet 6 Sept. 365 Two Catholic factions, called respectively Padroadists and Propagandists.
1982 Times 29 Oct. 6/3 The Spanish Catholic Church is no longer monolithic. Groupings range from the committed working class priests to..the national Catholic organization of propagandists.
B. adj.
That disseminates or seeks to influence by propaganda; of the nature of propaganda.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > propagandizing > inclined to propagandism
propagandist1824
1824 D. Webster Speech on Greek Revol. 5 It may be easy to call this resolution Quixotic, the emanation of a crusading or propagandist spirit.
1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 933 Portugal..has been abandoned..to the revolutionary spoliation and propagandist arts of France.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 52 They are still aggressive and propagandist.
1885 C. Lowe Life Bismarck II. xii. 320 The authorities had been ordered to deal with the Catholic Press, and with propagandist societies under the influence of the Jesuits.
1925 Amer. Mercury May 115/2 We do more..to further understanding between America and Europe than is done by all official and private propagandist agencies together.
1959 H. Read Conc. Hist. Mod. Painting 8 They have adopted a propagandist programme for their art.
1999 Campaign 2 July 2/5 The Government insists the ads will be factual rather than propagandist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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