propaganda
propaganda Lexical Profile
propaganda Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Information, ideas, or rumors, especially of a biased, selective, or misleading nature, systematically disseminated to promote or publicize a particular political cause, ideology, or point of view.
"Historians analyzed the posters and radio broadcasts to understand how state propaganda shaped public opinion during the 1930s."
Word Nuance & Usage
Although derived from a Latin plural gerundive, 'propaganda' is treated strictly as an uncountable mass noun in modern English and takes a singular verb (e.g., 'the propaganda is misleading', not 'a propaganda').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 18th century from Modern Latin 'Congregatio de Propaganda Fide' ('Congregation for Propagating the Faith'), a committee of Roman Catholic cardinals established in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV to oversee foreign missions, from the Latin gerundive of 'propagare' ('to propagate or extend').