ag·it·prop ( j  t-pr p )n. Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music: "It also is a conspiracy movie, agitprop against today's targets, big government and big business" (George F. Will). [Russian, short for otdel agitatsii i propagandy, incitement and propaganda section (of the central and local committees of the Russian Communist party); name changed in 1934.] |
agitprop [ˈædʒɪtˌprɒp]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) (formerly) a bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in charge of agitation and propaganda on behalf of Communism
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a. any promotion, as in the arts, of political propaganda, esp of a Communist nature
b. (as modifier) agitprop theatre
[short for Russian Agitpropbyuro, from agit(atsiya) agitation + prop(aganda) propaganda]
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| Noun | 1. |  agitprop - political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinemapropaganda - information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
Translations
agitprop agit-prop [ˈædʒɪtprɒp] n → agit-prop f inv
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