propagandist

/ˈprɑpəˌgændəst/
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Other forms: propagandists

Definitions of propagandist
  1. noun
    a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
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    examples:
    Paul Joseph Goebbels
    German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945)
    types:
    sloganeer
    someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause
    type of:
    communicator
    a person who communicates with others
  2. adjective
    of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
    synonyms: propagandistic
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