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Propaganda Definition

See also Propaganda

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Modern Latin propaganda, short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith", a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions, prop. ablative female gerundive of Latin propagare (see propagation). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative.

Noun

Singular propaganda

Plural uncountable

propaganda (uncountable)

  1. A concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people.

Czech

Noun

propaganda f.

  1. propaganda

Dutch

Noun

propaganda f.

  1. propaganda.

Finnish

(index pr)

Pronunciation

Noun

propaganda

  1. propaganda

Declension

Declension of propaganda (type kala)
singular plural
nominative propaganda propagandat
genitive propagandan propagandojen propagandain1
partitive propagandaa propagandoja
accusative propaganda propagandan propagandat
inessive propagandassa propagandoissa
elative propagandasta propagandoista
illative propagandaan propagandoihin
adessive propagandalla propagandoilla
ablative propagandalta propagandoilta
allative propagandalle propagandoille
essive propagandana propagandoina
translative propagandaksi propagandoiksi
instructive – propagandoin
abessive propagandatta propagandoitta
comitative – propagandoineen
1) Rare.

Italian

Noun

propaganda f. (plural propagande)

  1. propaganda

Verb

propaganda

  1. Third-person singular present tense of propagandare.
  2. Second-person singular imperative of propagandare.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Modern Latin; see etymology for the English entry

Noun

propaganda m. (definite singular propagandaen; uncountable)

  1. propaganda

Derived terms

Related terms

Compounds

References

Polish

Noun

propaganda

  1. propaganda.

Portuguese

Noun

propaganda f.

  1. propaganda.
  2. advertisement, commercial.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

propàgānda f. (Cyrillic spelling пропа̀га̄нда)

  1. propaganda

Declension

declension of propaganda
singular plural
nominative propaganda propagande
genitive propagande propaganda / propagandi
dative propagandi propagandama
accusative propagandu propagande
vocative propagando propagande
locative propagandi propagandama
instrumental propagandom propagandama

Spanish

Noun

propaganda f. (plural propagandas)

Singular propaganda f.

Plural propagandas f.
  1. propaganda.

 

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