Propagandist
[prɒpə'gændɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government.
(adj.) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda .
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Definition
(n.) A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles.
Editor: Rena
Examples
- The propagandist zeal of the revolution carried the French armies into Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, south Germany, and north Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And he was not simply a prophetic theorist; he was also a propagandist of the revolt of labour, the revolt of the so-called proletariat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But just this perception is lacking in many propagandists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If that is true of Plato with his ample vision how much truer is it of the theories of the littler men--politicians, courtiers and propagandists who make up the academy of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That would be a valuable and comforting assurance to propagandists, for it means that other states with the same instruments can achieve the same success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But the propagandists do it nevertheless, and their propaganda thrives upon it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Ted