noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:prŏp-ə-gănʹ-də
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌpɹɒpəˈɡændə/
[ˌpɹɒp.əˈɡæn.də]
[ˌpɹɔp.əˈɡan.də]
Canada, General-American:prŏ-pə-gănʹ-də
Canada, General-American:/ˌpɹɑpəˈɡændə/
Canada, General-American:[ˌpɹɑ.pəˈɡɛə̯n.də]
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rhymes with -ændə
CMU ARPABET:P R AA2 P AH0 G AE1 N D AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
Near-synonym: public diplomacy (sometimes asserted to be synonymous)
Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: public diplomacy
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.
The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: public diplomacy
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Such communication specifically when it is biased, misleading, or provoking mainly emotional responses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
plural of propagandum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: information, info
Narrower terms: agitprop
History
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 From New Latin prōpāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Prōpāgandā Fidē (“a committee of cardinals established in 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions”, literally “congregation for propagating the faith”), and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgō (“propagate”). Once the word had been detached from the phrase from which it originated, it could be reinterpreted as a neuter plural gerundive, meaning "things to be propagated"; compare agenda. Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
propagandë
— concerted set of messages
Arabic:
دِعَايَة
(diʕāya)
— concerted set of messages
Arabic:
بْرُوبَاغَنْدَا
(brūbāḡandā)
— concerted set of messages
Arabic:
دَعَاوَة
(daʕāwa)
— concerted set of messages
Arabic:
بروباجاندا
(brobāgāndā)
— concerted set of messages
Arabic:
بروبَقانْدا
(brōbagānda, prōpagānda)
— concerted set of messages
Armenian:
քարոզչություն
(kʻarozčʻutʻyun)
— concerted set of messages
Armenian:
պրոպագանդա
(propaganda)
— concerted set of messages
Azerbaijani:
təbliğat
— concerted set of messages
Azerbaijani:
propaqanda
— concerted set of messages
Azerbaijani:
təşviqat
— concerted set of messages
Bashkir:
пропаганда
(propaganda)
— concerted set of messages
Belarusian:
прапага́нда
(prapahánda)
— concerted set of messages
Belarusian:
агіта́цыя
(ahitácyja)
— concerted set of messages
Bengali:
প্রচার
(procar)
— concerted set of messages
Bulgarian:
пропага́нда
(propagánda)
— concerted set of messages
Bulgarian:
агита́ция
(agitácija)
— concerted set of messages
Burmese:
ဝါဒဖြန့်ခြင်း
(wada.hpran.hkrang:)
— concerted set of messages
Carpathian Rusyn:
пропаґа́нда
(propagánda)
— concerted set of messages
Catalan:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Chinese Cantonese:
宣傳 /宣传
(syun1 cyun4)
— concerted set of messages
Chinese Cantonese:
政治宣傳 /政治宣传
(zing3 zi6 syun1 cyun4)
— concerted set of messages
Chinese Mandarin:
宣傳 /宣传
(xuānchuán)
— concerted set of messages
Chinese Mandarin:
政治宣傳 /政治宣传
(zhèngzhì xuānchuán)
— concerted set of messages
Czech:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Danish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Dutch:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Esperanto:
propagando
— concerted set of messages
Estonian:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Finnish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
French:
propagande
— concerted set of messages
Galician:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Georgian:
პროპაგანდა
(ṗroṗaganda)
— concerted set of messages
German:
Propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Greek:
προπαγάνδα
(propagánda)
— concerted set of messages
Hebrew:
תַּעֲמוּלָה
(ta'amulá)
— concerted set of messages
Hindi:
अधिप्रचार
(adhipracār)
— concerted set of messages
Hindi:
मतप्रचार
(matapracār)
— concerted set of messages
Hindi:
प्रचार
(pracār)
— concerted set of messages
Hindi:
दुष्प्रचार
(duṣpracār)
— concerted set of messages
Hungarian:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Icelandic:
áróður
— concerted set of messages
Indonesian:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Irish:
bolscaireacht
— concerted set of messages
Italian:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Japanese:
宣伝
(senden)
— concerted set of messages
Japanese:
プロパガンダ
(puropaganda)
— concerted set of messages
Kazakh:
насихат
(nasixat)
— concerted set of messages
Kazakh:
үгіт-насихат
(ügıt-nasixat)
— concerted set of messages
Khmer:
ការឃោសនា
(kaa khoosaʼnaa)
— concerted set of messages
Korean:
선전
(seonjeon)
— concerted set of messages
Korean:
프로파간다
(peuropaganda)
— concerted set of messages
Central Kurdish:
پڕۆپەگاندە
(prropegande)
— concerted set of messages
Northern Kurdish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Northern Kurdish:
propagende
— concerted set of messages
Northern Kurdish:
bangeşe
— concerted set of messages
Kyrgyz:
пропаганда
(propaganda)
— concerted set of messages
Kyrgyz:
үгүттөө
(ügüttöö)
— concerted set of messages
Kyrgyz:
үгүт
(ügüt)
— concerted set of messages
Lao:
ໂຄສະນາຊວນເຊື່ອ
(khō sa nā sūan sư̄a)
— concerted set of messages
Latvian:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Lithuanian:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Macedonian:
пропага́нда
(propagánda)
— concerted set of messages
Malay:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Malayalam:
പ്രചാരണം
(pracāraṇaṁ)
— concerted set of messages
Mongolian:
ухуулга
(uxuulga)
— concerted set of messages
Mongolian:
суртал нэвтрүүлэг
(surtal nevtrüüleg)
— concerted set of messages
Norman:
propagande
— concerted set of messages
Norwegian Bokmål:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Norwegian Nynorsk:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Pashto:
پروپاګند
(propāgánd)
— concerted set of messages
Pashto:
تبليغ
(tablíǧ)
— concerted set of messages
Pashto:
تبليغات
(tabliǧãt)
— concerted set of messages
Iranian Persian:
پُروپاگانْد
(poropâgând)
— concerted set of messages
Iranian Persian:
تَبْلیغ
(tabliġ)
— concerted set of messages
Iranian Persian:
تَبْلیغات
(tabliġât)
— concerted set of messages
Plautdietsch:
Woawunk
— concerted set of messages
Polish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Portuguese:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Punjabi:
ਪ੍ਰਾਪੇਗੰਡਾ
(prāpegaṇḍā)
— concerted set of messages
Romanian:
propagandă
— concerted set of messages
Russian:
пропага́нда
(propagánda)
— concerted set of messages
Russian:
агита́ция
(agitácija)
— concerted set of messages
Serbo-Croatian:
пропа̀га̄нда
— concerted set of messages
Serbo-Croatian:
propàgānda
— concerted set of messages
Slovak:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Slovene:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Spanish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Swedish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Tagalog:
paniniwalat
— concerted set of messages
Tagalog:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Tajik:
таблиғот
(tabliġot)
— concerted set of messages
Tajik:
тарғибот
(tarġibot)
— concerted set of messages
Tajik:
пропаганда
(propaganda)
— concerted set of messages
Tamil:
பரப்புரை
(parappurai)
— concerted set of messages
Tatar:
пропаганда
(propağanda)
— concerted set of messages
Thai:
โฆษณาชวนเชื่อ
(kôot-sà-naa-chuuan-chʉ̂ʉa)
— concerted set of messages
Tibetan:
འཁྲབ་སྒྲགས
('khrab sgrags)
— concerted set of messages
Turkish:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Turkmen:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Ukrainian:
пропага́нда
(propahánda)
— concerted set of messages
Ukrainian:
агіта́ція
(ahitácija)
— concerted set of messages
Urdu:
پَرْچَار
(parcār)
— concerted set of messages
Urdu:
تَبْلِیغ
(tablīġ)
— concerted set of messages
Urdu:
تَشْہِیر
(taśhīr)
— concerted set of messages
Urdu:
پْروپیگَنْڈا
(propeganḍā)
— concerted set of messages
Uyghur:
تەشۋىقات
(teshwiqat)
— concerted set of messages
Uzbek:
propaganda
— concerted set of messages
Uzbek:
targʻibot
— concerted set of messages
Uzbek:
tabligʻot
— concerted set of messages
Vietnamese:
tuyên truyền
— concerted set of messages
Yiddish:
פּראָפּאַגאַנדע
(propagande)
— concerted set of messages
Albanian:
propagandë
— information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Māori:
pārongo whakanewha
— information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Māori:
pārongo whakariroi
— information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Khiamniungan Naga:
yângnyùngēm
— information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Khiamniungan Naga:
yāng-ō
— information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
