pro·pa·gan·dist
ˌprä-pə-ˈgan-dist
ˌprō-
plural propagandists
: someone who produces or spreads propaganda : a person who spreads ideas, facts, or allegations deliberately to further a cause or to damage an opposing cause
left-wing/right-wing propagandists
From the mid-1860s on through the 1870s, Jesse had the help of a propagandist, a former Confederate major named John Newman Edwards, who switched to journalism and did all he could to promote Jesse as a kind of rebel knight errant.—Larry McMurtry
variants
or propagandistic
ˌprä-pə-ˌgan-ˈdi-stik
ˌprō-
: of, relating to, or being propaganda : characterized by ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further a cause or to damage an opposing cause
propagandist rhetoric
propagandistic art
"… I like Jacques-Louis David a lot, too, although he was a propagandist painter. …"—Bob Dylan
Accompanying text reported the outstanding political and economic achievements of the Party and detailed propagandistic speeches at length.—Linda Jensen
Yes, this film is propagandist in nature, but is at the same time a documentary.—Matt Campbell
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