agitprop
/ˈadʒɪtprɒp
/ /ˈaɡɪtprɒp/noun [mass noun]
Political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature: a woman in the sales department published neo-Nazi agitprop in her spare time [as modifier]: agitprop painters...
- It happened in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, where the BBC and Radio Free Europe - aided by rock and roll - proved more powerful than communist state agitprop.
- Please refer all complaints, communist manifestos, Jeffersonian agitprop, and bills to this address.
- Beijing this winter is festooned with orange banners and billboards that look like Communist agitprop.
Origin
1930s: Russian, blend of agitatsiya 'agitation' and propaganda 'propaganda'.