propaganda
noun /ˌprɒpəˈɡændə/
  /ˌprɑːpəˈɡændə/
[uncountable] (usually disapproving)- ideas or statements that may be false or present only one side of an argument that are used in order to gain support for a political leader, party, etc.
- enemy propaganda
 - a propaganda campaign
 
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1- He has been listening to his own propaganda for so long that he is in danger of believing it.
 - Soviet propaganda against Fascism
 - The Olympics were of great propaganda value to the regime.
 - The film was made in 1938 for propaganda purposes.
 - The papers were full of political propaganda about nationalization.
 - The pirate radio station broadcast anti-government propaganda.
 - the lies that were spewed out by the regime's propaganda machine
 - This document is pure party propaganda.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- government
 - official
 - party
 - …
 
- broadcast
 - counter
 - spread
 - …
 
- battle
 - campaign
 - effort
 - …
 
- somebody’s own propaganda
 
- propaganda about
 - propaganda against
 
Word OriginItalian, from modern Latin congregatio de propaganda fide ‘congregation for propagation of the faith’, which was a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions (founded in 1622). The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.