Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense propagandizes, present participle propagandizing, past tense, past participle propagandizedregional note: in BRIT, also use propagandise
verb
If you say that a group of people propagandize, you think that they are dishonestly trying to persuade other people to share their views.
[disapproval]
You can propagandize just by calling attention to something. [VERB]
This government shouldn't propagandize its own people. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: persuade, convince, instil, brainwash More Synonyms of propagandize
propagandize in British English
or propagandise (ˌprɒpəˈɡændaɪz)
verb
1. (transitive)
to spread by propaganda
2. (transitive)
to subject to propaganda
3. (intransitive)
to spread or organize propaganda
propagandize in American English
(ˌprɑpəˈgænˌdaɪz; ˈprɑpəˌgænˌdaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌpropaˈganˌdized or ˌpropaˈganˌdizing
1.
to spread (a doctrine or theory) by propaganda
2.
to subject to propaganda
verb intransitive
3.
to organize or spread propaganda
Synonyms of 'propagandize'
persuade, convince, instil, brainwash
More Synonyms of propagandize
(verb)
The government shouldn't propagandize its own people.
Synonyms
persuade
Derek persuaded me of the feasibility of the idea.
convince
I soon convinced him of my innocence.
instil
brainwash
We were brainwashed to believe we were all equal.
indoctrinate
They have been completely indoctrinated.
proselytize
a Scottish lawyer who proselytized these ideas
Additional synonyms
in the sense of brainwash
Definition
to cause (a person) to alter his or her beliefs, by methods based on isolation, sleeplessness, etc.
We were brainwashed to believe we were all equal.
Synonyms
indoctrinate,
condition,
drill,
pressurize,
re-educate
in the sense of convince
Definition
to persuade by argument or evidence
I soon convinced him of my innocence.
Synonyms
assure,
persuade,
satisfy,
prove to,
reassure
in the sense of indoctrinate
Definition
to teach (someone) systematically to accept a doctrine or opinion uncritically