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noun
A photograph regarded as being published or broadcast in the interest of advancing an ideological agenda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *peh2ǵ- Latin prōpāgō Latin prōpāgandus New Latin prōpāgandader. English propaganda blend English photoganda Blend of photograph + propaganda.
