propagandize
propagandize verb: to use or spread propaganda.
Verb
propagandize (third-person singular simple present propagandizes, present participle propagandizing, simple past and past participle propagandized)
- To use or spread propaganda.
- To tell propaganda to someone in an attempt to influence one's views.
- After we'd managed to make ourselves comfortable in this garret, my new friends began to propagandize me. All they knew about me was that I was a student […]1987, Barbara Alpern Engel, Clifford N. Rosenthal, Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar
- To use something or someone in propaganda purposes.
- He propagandized this panacea with single-minded determination throughout the revolutionary period and even managed to establish a People's Bank for a short time before his arrest in 1849.1989, Judith E. Zimmerman, Mid-Passage
Forms of propagandize
| third-person singular present | propagandizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | propagandizing |
| past participle | propagandized |
| past | propagandized |
Origin of propagandize
From propaganda + -ize.
Words formed from propagandize
Questions about propagandize
- What does propagandize mean?
- Propagandize means to use or spread propaganda.
- What part of speech is propagandize?
- Propagandize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of propagandize?
- The past tense of propagandize is propagandized.
Words near propagandize in the dictionary
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