PROPAGANDA

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Congregatio de ~ fide Congregation for propagating the faith, organization established by Pope Gregory XV died 1623 Date: 1718 a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions, the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person, ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause, propagandist noun or adjective propagandistic adjective propagandistically adverb