Definition of Agitprop

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agitprop
n. politically-oriented propaganda disseminated through art and/or literature (esp. Communist in nature); one who distributes propaganda; government agency which produces and distributes propaganda

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Agitprop Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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agitprop
Noun
1. political propaganda (especially Communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema
(hypernym) propaganda


Agitprop Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Agitprop
shortcut for agitation and propaganda - employed in socialist oriented countries to manipulate political attitudes

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Agitprop Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Agitprop
For the record labels, see Agit-Prop Records and Agitprop! Records
Agitprop is a contraction of "agitation and propaganda". The term originated in Bolshevist Russia the future Soviet Union, where the term was a shortened form of отдел агитации и пропаганды (otdel agitatsii i propagandy), i.e., Department for Agitation and Propaganda, which was part of the Central and regional committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The department was later renamed Ideological Department.

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