propagandisticadj.
/ˌprɒpəɡanˈdɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌprɑpəˌɡænˈdɪstɪk/ Of, relating to, or characterized by propagandists or propagandizing; of the nature of propaganda.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > propagandizing > relating to propaganda or propagandists
propagandistic1848
propagandic1854
agitprop1932
1848 Times 10 Apr. 5/1 The whole of the frontier district is being occupied by troops to oppose all propagandistic invasions from France or Switzerland.
1890 Voice (N.Y.) 30 Jan. The objects of the society are mainly propagandistic.
1952 C. D. MacDougall Understanding Public Opinion 461 The novel..packed a terrific propagandistic wallop for the Abolitionist cause.
1980 C. L. R. James Black Jacobins (new ed.) 396 When you bear in mind..the pervading social conceptions which automatically sought to destroy him, his achievement remains one of the propagandistic miracles of this century.
1998 Prospect Mar. 50/2 A blatantly propagandistic movie about the opium war was screened.
Derivatives
ˌpropaganˈdistically adv. in a propagandist manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adverb] > in the manner of propaganda
propagandistically1880
1880 Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 5/4 Nicholas was opposed to France, because she was propagandistically dangerous to his form of government, pure absolutism.
1949 Amer. Q. 1 114 Newspapers..are on the documentary side of science; however approximately, however propagandistically, they deal with facts.
2003 C. J. Williams Framing the West Introd. 7 Photography propagandistically served a utilitarian and fundamental purpose: to lure EuroAmerican immigrants into..[the] region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1848