adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/pɹɒpəˈɡandɪst/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Consisting of or spreading propaganda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: propagandistic
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who disseminates propaganda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: propagandistic
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: sloganeer, Goebbels, Joseph Goebbels, Paul Joseph Goebbels
History
Etymology
From propaganda + -ist, after French propagandiste.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Albanian:
propagandiste
— person who disseminates propaganda
Arabic:
دَاعٍ
(dāʕin)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Arabic:
مُرَوِّج
(murawwij)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Arabic:
مُبَلِّغ
(muballiḡ)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Arabic:
دَاعِيَة
(dāʕiya)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Armenian:
պրոպագանդիստ
(propagandist)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Azerbaijani:
təbliğatçı
— person who disseminates propaganda
Belarusian:
прапаганды́ст
(prapahandýst)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Belarusian:
прапаганды́стка
(prapahandýstka)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Bulgarian:
пропаганди́ст
(propagandíst)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Bulgarian:
пропаганди́стка
(propagandístka)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Catalan:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Chinese Mandarin:
宣傳員 /宣传员
(xuānchuányuán)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Czech:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Czech:
propagandistka
— person who disseminates propaganda
Danish:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Dutch:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Dutch:
propagandiste
— person who disseminates propaganda
Estonian:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Finnish:
propagandisti
— person who disseminates propaganda
French:
propagandiste
— person who disseminates propaganda
Georgian:
პროპაგანდისტი
(ṗroṗagandisṭi)
— person who disseminates propaganda
German:
Propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
German:
Propagandistin
— person who disseminates propaganda
Hebrew:
תַּעֲמוּלָן
(ta'amulán)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Hindi:
प्रचारक
(pracārak)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Hungarian:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Irish:
bolscaire
— person who disseminates propaganda
Italian:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Japanese:
宣伝員
(senden'in)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Japanese:
プロパー
(puropā)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Kazakh:
насихатшы
(nasixatşy)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Korean:
선전원
(seonjeonwon)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Kyrgyz:
үгүтчү
(ügütcü)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Kyrgyz:
пропагандист
(propagandist)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Latvian:
propagandists
— person who disseminates propaganda
Latvian:
propagandiste
— person who disseminates propaganda
Lithuanian:
propagandistas
— person who disseminates propaganda
Lithuanian:
propagandistė
— person who disseminates propaganda
Lithuanian:
propagandininkas
— person who disseminates propaganda
Macedonian:
пропаганди́ст
(propagandíst)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Macedonian:
пропаганди́стка
(propagandístka)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Mongolian:
суртал нэвтрүүлэгч
(surtal nevtrüülegč)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Norwegian Bokmål:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Iranian Persian:
مُبَلِّغ
(moballeġ)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Iranian Persian:
مُرَوِّج
(moravvej)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Polish:
propagandysta
— person who disseminates propaganda
Polish:
propagandystka
— person who disseminates propaganda
Polish:
propagandzista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Polish:
propagandzistka
— person who disseminates propaganda
Portuguese:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Romanian:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Romanian:
propagandistă
— person who disseminates propaganda
Russian:
пропаганди́ст
(propagandíst)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Russian:
пропаганди́стка
(propagandístka)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Russian:
пропагандо́н
(propagandón)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Serbo-Croatian:
пропага̀ндист
— person who disseminates propaganda
Serbo-Croatian:
пропага̀ндистица
— person who disseminates propaganda
Serbo-Croatian:
propagàndist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Serbo-Croatian:
propagàndistica
— person who disseminates propaganda
Slovak:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Slovak:
propagandistka
— person who disseminates propaganda
Slovene:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Slovene:
propagandistka
— person who disseminates propaganda
Spanish:
propagandista
— person who disseminates propaganda
Spanish:
panfletario
— person who disseminates propaganda
Swedish:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Tajik:
таблиғгар
(tabliġgar)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Tajik:
мубаллиғ
(muballiġ)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Thai:
นักโฆษณาชวนเชื่อ
— person who disseminates propaganda
Thai:
นักโฆษณา
— person who disseminates propaganda
Turkish:
propagandist
— person who disseminates propaganda
Turkish:
propagandacı
— person who disseminates propaganda
Ukrainian:
пропаганди́ст
(propahandýst)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Ukrainian:
пропаганди́стка
(propahandýstka)
— person who disseminates propaganda
Uzbek:
propagandachi
— person who disseminates propaganda
Uzbek:
targʻibotchi
— person who disseminates propaganda
Vietnamese:
người tuyên truyền
— person who disseminates propaganda