agitprop

Meanings

Noun

• Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• An instance of such propaganda.
• An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

Verb

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

Origin

• The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п, Агитпро́п, short for отде́л [[агитация; analysable as a .
• The verb is derived from the noun.