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