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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•it•prop (aj′it prop′),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentagitation and propaganda, esp. for the cause of communism.
- Government(often cap.) an agency or department, as of a government, that directs and coordinates agitation and propaganda.
- GovernmentAlso, ag′it•prop′ist. a person who is trained or takes part in such activities.
adj. - Governmentof or pertaining to agitprop.
- Russian Agitpróp, origin, originally for Agitatsiónno-propagandístskiĭ otdél Agitation Propaganda Section (of the Central Committee, or a local committee, of the Communist Party); subsequently the head of such a section, or in compound names of political education organs, as agitpropbrigáda, etc.
- 1930–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: agitprop /ˈædʒɪtˌprɒp/ n - any promotion, as in the arts, of political propaganda, esp of a Communist nature
- (as modifier): agitprop theatre
Etymology: 20th Century: short for Russian Agitpropbyuro, from agit(atsiya) agitation + prop(aganda) propaganda |