AGITPROP


Meaning of AGITPROP in English

I. ˈajə̇t|präp noun

( -s )

Etymology: in sense 1, from Russian, from agit atsiya- prop aganda agitation propaganda, from agitatsiya agitation (from French agitation ) + propaganda, from German; in sense 2, Russian, a department of the Communist party, short for Agitpropbyuro Department of Agitprop — more at agitation , propaganda

1. : propaganda and agitation especially in behalf of communism

disillusioned ex-Communists who blame politics itself for their own earlier susceptibility to agitprop — David Riesman

2.

a. : a department or bureau in charge of agitprop

he could no more be imagined cringing before a witch-hunting demagogue than taking orders from an agitprop — Nation

b. : a person who engages in agitprop

slogans chalked on walls by agitprops

II. adjective

: of, relating to, or serving as a vehicle of agitprop

agitprop officers

the agitprop drama

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