propoganda

Noun

propaganda (usually uncountable, plural propagandas)

1. (usually) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.
   • Near-synonym: public diplomacy (sometimes asserted to be synonymous)

   Synonyms:

   public diplomacy

   1. (historical, usually) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.
2. (derogatory, usually) Such communication specifically when it is biased, misleading, or provoking mainly emotional responses.
   • They established a government propaganda commission, called the Creel Commission, which succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population which wanted to destroy everything German, tear the Germans limb from limb, go to war and save the world.2002, Noam Chomsky, “Selections”, in Media Control