agitprop

== English == === Alternative forms === agit prop, agit-prop === Etymology === The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitation and Propaganda”); analysable as a blend of agitation +‎ propaganda. The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæd͡ʒətˌpɹɑp/, /-ˈpɹɑp/ Hyphenation: agit‧prop === Noun === agitprop (countable and uncountable, plural agitprops) (politics) (uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 2 Like most pieces of agitprop, the Lucas and Sargent paper vastly overstated the deficiencies of the old order. (countable) An instance of such propaganda. (countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === agitprop (third-person singular simple present agitprops, present participle agitpropping, simple past and past participle agitpropped) (ambitransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc. ==== Alternative forms ==== agit-prop ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === agitprop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp); equivalent to agitaatio +‎ propaganda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑɡitˌprop/, [ˈɑ̝ɡit̪ˌpro̞p] Rhymes: -op Syllabification(key): a‧git‧prop Hyphenation(key): agit‧prop === Noun === agitprop (historical) agitprop ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === agitprop f (plural agitprops) agitprop === Further reading === “agitprop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English agitprop. === Noun === agitprop m (plural agitprops) agitprop (Communist propaganda) === Further reading === “agitprop”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === àgitprop m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀гитпроп) agitprop