Definition of Agitprop

1. Noun. Political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema.

Generic synonyms: Propaganda

Definition of Agitprop

1. Noun. political propaganda disseminated through art, literature, drama, etc., especially Communist propaganda ¹

2. Noun. An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agitprop

1. pro-Communist propaganda [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agitprop

agitation
agitational
agitations
agitative
agitato
agitator
agitators
agitatos
agitatrices
agitatrix
agito
agitographia
agitolalia
agitophasia
agitpop
agitprop (current term)
agitprops
agkistrodon
aglaonema
aglaonemas
aglare
agleam
aglee
aglet
aglets
agley
aglimmer
aglint
agliophobia
aglitter

Literary usage of Agitprop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Crisis of the Weimar Republic: A Study of the German Referendum of 20 June by Franklin C. West (1985)
"226 On the sixth of June, agitprop listed "Ten Commandments" [sic! ... Thou shal t perform agitprop work immediately after your shift ends from June 13th to ..."

2. Capital (1888)
"... being on the other side of the table, trained their followers in the trade union organisations to conduct themselves on "agitprop" lines. ..."

3. History: Fiction of Science? by Anatoly Fomenko (2005)
"This is clearly a piece of agitprop aiming to convey the cruelty of the Ottomans who conquered Western Europe. Taken from a history textbook by 0. leger ..."

4. The Socius of Architecture: Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York by Arie Graafland (2000)
"... Constructivists are to be found in the combined elevator and installations tower, and the publicity billboard serves as the agitprop. ..."

5. Berlin and Potsdam by Eva Apraku (2001)
"He founded his own theater on Nollendorfplatz. where his agitprop (agitation/propaganda) productions of the time toward the end of the Weimar Republic made ..."

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