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.—
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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
Bob DylanAccompanying text reported the outstanding political and economic achievements of the Party and detailed propagandistic speeches at length.—Linda Jensen
Linda JensenYes, this film is propagandist in nature, but is at the same time a documentary.—Matt Campbell
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
No sooner had that story started to recede from the front pages did deepfakes grip the collective consciousness once again—this time for propagandists, social media influencers and other peddlers of disinformation using it for their own personal and political gain.
—Eyal Benishti, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2024
Russia has relied on a litany of propagandist tactics to garner support and shield the reality of the war from its own population.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 24 May 2022
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Noun
The Kremlin and its propagandists may have portrayed Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a proxy battle between NATO and Moscow.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
No sooner had that story started to recede from the front pages did deepfakes grip the collective consciousness once again—this time for propagandists, social media influencers and other peddlers of disinformation using it for their own personal and political gain.
—Eyal Benishti, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Stamps are also used for more expressly political or propagandist purposes.
—Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2024
Russia has relied on a litany of propagandist tactics to garner support and shield the reality of the war from its own population.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 24 May 2022
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“Propagandist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propagandist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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