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

Journalists are supposed to alert you to the threat, not parrot the propagandists.

From Salon

Instead, increasing numbers of Americans have a media diet that is mostly a bunch of lies, conspiracy theories, irrelevant diatribes and other such bunkum that right-wing propagandists use to deceive people.

From Salon

To that end, Trump’s propagandists and other agents are literally threatening a regime of “trauma.”

From Salon

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

As part of their opportunistic and exploitative nature, Trump, his propagandists and other agents are trafficking in violence and chaos.

From Salon