propagandist

[ prop-uh-gan-dist ]

noun

1. a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
2. a member or agent of a propaganda.

adjective

1. Also propa·gan·distic. pertaining to propaganda or propagandists.

Other Words From

• propa·gandism noun
• propa·gan·disti·cal·ly adverb
• nonprop·a·gandist noun adjective
• semi·propa·gandist adjective
• unprop·a·gan·distic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of propagandist¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; propagand(a) + -ist

Example Sentences

They included Hitler’s propagandist Joseph Goebbels, who wrote in his diary in 1924: “I believe in the inner, but not the factual, truth of The Protocols.”

From Los Angeles Times

The 44-year-old has been described as the Kremlin's top propagandist and ideologue, almost more Putinist than the Russian president himself.

From BBC

There was no indication of Russian involvement, although pro-Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan pointed out on social media that Farion had sought the "complete elimination" of Ukraine's Russian-speaking population and had herself been eliminated.

From BBC

He’s a propagandist, Conway was correct to admonish him and I’m far more worried about reporting facts than I am worried about personal insults.

From Salon

In the age of the internet and social media this type of propaganda campaign and psyop is much more powerful than even master Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels could have imagined in the 1940s and 1930s.

From Salon