Thesaurus results for PROPAGANDIST

propaganda

noun

as in campaign

usually disapproving ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc. He was accused of spreading propaganda. a propaganda campaign The report was nothing but lies and propaganda.

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Recent Examples of propaganda Missing from DeSantis’s propaganda, which lawmakers should demand, is any evidence that undocumented immigrants are a burden to Florida. —

Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025 Syria had long been used to justify Russia’s messianic expansionism, and the fight against anti-Assad factions provided a template for Russian propaganda about Ukraine. —

Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025 Censorship and its totalitarian cousin, propaganda, combined to control the information that was generally available to the public under the Biden administration. —

Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2025 As Russia’s foothold in Africa expands – notably in the mineral-rich Sahel region that is beset by recurring coups, armed rebellion and extremist insurgency – anti-Western sentiments, partly fueled by Russian propaganda, are engineering the exit of Western troops from swathes of territory. —

Nimi Princewill, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for propaganda

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Noun

Various reports say that, in response, the Emilia Pérez campaign has essentially cut off their rogue star.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
But Trump’s threat of reciprocal tariffs appears to return to a frequent campaign refrain that matching foreign nations’ import taxes dollar-for-dollar could help reduce US trade deficits.

— David Goldman, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025