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agitprop
CIDE DICTIONARY
agitprop, n.
- agitation and propaganda; -- used especially for such activities carried out on behalf of communist activists. [PJC]
- a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government; one disseminating agitprop{1}. Also called
agitpropist . [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
agitprop, n. the dissemination of Communist political propaganda, esp. in plays, films, books, etc.
Etymology
Russ. (as AGITATION, PROPAGANDA)
THESAURUS
agitprop
agent provocateur, agitator, catalyst, demagogue, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, indoctrination, inflamer, instigator, mischief-maker, propaganda, propagandism, propagandist, provocateur, provoker, rabble-rouser, ringleader, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, troublemaker, urgerROGET THESAURUS
agitprop
Misteaching
N misteaching, misinformaton, misintelligence, misguidance, misdirection, mispersuasion, misinstruction, misleading, perversion, false teaching, sophistry, college of Laputa, the blind leading the blind, propaganda, disinformation, agitprop, indoctrination, misteaching, unedifying, piscem natare doces, the blind leading the blind.For further exploring for "agitprop" in Webster Dictionary Online