Agitprop Definition
ăjĭt-prŏp
noun
Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music.
American Heritage
Any agitprop activity or agency.
Webster's New World
(uncountable) Political propaganda disseminated through art, literature, drama, etc., especially Communist propaganda.
Wiktionary
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of or for agitating and propagandizing.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Agitprop
Noun
Singular:
agitprop
Plural:
agitpropsOrigin of Agitprop
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
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Russian "отдел (otdel) агитации (agitacii) и (i) пропаганды (propagandy)" (otdél agitácii i propagándy) - "Department for Agitation and Propaganda"
From Wiktionary
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