agitprop

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (also, attributive, uncountable) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
2. (countable) An instance of such propaganda.
3. (countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

Verb

To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.

Concepts

agitprop

littérature

Synonymes

propaganda

Pulitzer Prize

literature

samizdat

Parnassus

Pulitzer

quotability

Traductions

Agitprop

λογοτεχνία

φιλολογία

κείμενα

έντυπο υλικό

αγκιτπρόπ

letteratura

literatuur

ideologia

literatura

agitação e propaganda

Agitprop

agitprop

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitation and Propaganda”); analysable as a blend of agitation + propaganda.
The verb is derived from the noun.