propaganda English · revision 1649

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌpɹɒpəˈɡændə/, /ˌpɹɑpəˈɡændə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-new|propaganda]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) short for ''Congregatio de Propaganda Fide'' “congregation for propagating the faith”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) a committee of cardinals set up in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) ''Propaganda'' is the ablative feminine gerundive of [[la|propagare|t=to propagate, spread]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) It is related to [[propagate]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church in charge of foreign missions (1718).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From 1790 the word was used of any association or concerted movement to spread a particular doctrine or practice.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The modern political sense, the systematic spreading of information or ideas to promote a cause, dates from the early 20th century (1908 in the OED);^(OED 1989) Etymonline places it in World War I and notes that it did not at first imply bias or deception.^(Etymonline) The sense of the material itself is from 1929.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1622 – the Congregation founded.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1718 – the committee of cardinals.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1790 – any movement to spread a doctrine.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1829 – ''propagandist''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1908 – systematic, often biased spreading of ideas.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1929 – the material spread.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The deliberate, systematic spreading of ideas, information or [[rumor|alt=rumors]] to help or harm a cause, group or person.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Material spread for this purpose, often [[bias|alt=biased]] or misleading.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized, Roman Catholic Church)'' A congregation of the [[Roman Curia]] in charge of missions.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[propagandism]]

+ * [[propagandist]]

+ * [[propagandistic]]

+ * [[propagandistically]]

+ * [[agitprop]]

+ * [[counterpropaganda]]

+ * [[propagandize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[propagate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}