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
The group wrote to Bondi to argue that the influencer should be investigated over whether she has been paid to spread propaganda for Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, it was first reported by the New York Post.
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Some critics have also said the doctors were used in propaganda and voter mobilization efforts to boost the chances of Venezuela’s socialist government and were pressed by superiors to inflate patients’ treatment numbers.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
TikTok briefly went dark in mid-January because of a 2024 U.S. law passed amid concerns that Chinese authorities could spy on and spread propaganda to the social media platform's 170 million American users who come from across the political spectrum.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
No government funds go to artistic programming, which has blunted potential criticism about censorship or propaganda.
—Joanna Dee Das, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Some critics have also said the doctors were used in propaganda and voter mobilization efforts to boost the chances of Venezuela’s socialist government and were pressed by superiors to inflate patients’ treatment numbers.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
TikTok briefly went dark in mid-January because of a 2024 U.S. law passed amid concerns that Chinese authorities could spy on and spread propaganda to the social media platform's 170 million American users who come from across the political spectrum.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
No government funds go to artistic programming, which has blunted potential criticism about censorship or propaganda.
—Joanna Dee Das, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propaganda
Noun
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The Museum of Democracy houses the Wright Family Collection, the world’s largest collection of political campaign memorabilia.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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At this stage of the campaign two seasons ago, Brighton were in the same position, but two points better off.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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This story was updated to include the video advertisement.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Image By the 1980s, his work seemed to be everywhere — in every major magazine, on political and theater posters, in advertisements for corporations and institutions like IBM and the MacArthur Foundation, on book and album covers.—
Penelope Green,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In his court filing this week, his defense attorney noted the high-profile publicity of Villatoro Santos's case.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Yet even at the time, the scandal was baked into the publicity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That newsroom survived not on ads or subscriptions, but on foreign aid—largely from the United States.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Rodriguez, who hired four people, faced criticism for bringing in two people who did ad work for his unsuccessful, 2022 mayoral bid and one who led a local Democratic club that endorsed him for District 2 days after signing a consulting contract with Rodriguez’s office.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Brinkema dismissed the third part of the case, determining that tools used for general display advertising can’t clearly be defined as Google’s own market.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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If influencers were primarily men, it would be seen as an innovative new career that’s taken over the advertising industry.—
Caitlin Brody,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Propaganda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propaganda. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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