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propaganda

3 definitions • 6 examples
1
information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions:

Examples:

political/wartime propaganda
At school we were fed communist/right-wing propaganda.
One official dismissed the ceasefire as a mere propaganda exercise.
2
information or ideas that are spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions, esp. by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts
3
information, ideas, opinions, or images that give one part of an argument, which are broadcast, published, etc. in order to influence people's opinions:

Examples:

a propaganda campaign/tool/exercise The report is just a political propaganda tool.
anti-government/anti-Western/anti-American propaganda In the cyber attack, the home pages of official websites were replaced with anti-government propaganda.
Critics called the book a blatant piece of propaganda.

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