agitprop

UK: /ˈædʒɪtprɒp/ US: (aj′it prop′)

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ag•it•prop  (aj′it prop′), n. 

1. Government agitation and propaganda, esp. for the cause of communism.
2. Government (often cap.) an agency or department, as of a government, that directs and coordinates agitation and propaganda.
3. Government Also, ag′it•prop′ist. a person who is trained or takes part in such activities.

adj. 

4. Government of or pertaining to agitprop.

• Russian Agitpróp, origin, originally for Agitatsiónno-propagandístskiĭ otdél Agitation Propaganda Section (of the Central Committee, or a local committee, of the Communist Party); subsequently the head of such a section, or in compound names of political education organs, as agitpropbrigáda, etc.
• 1930–35

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agitprop / ˈædʒɪtˌprɒp/ noun

1. any promotion, as in the arts, of political propaganda, esp of a Communist nature
2. (as modifier): agitprop theatre

Etymology: 20th Century: short for Russian Agitpropbyuro, from agit(atsiya) agitation + prop(aganda) propaganda