propaganda
propaganda (prŏpə-gănʹdə) noun
1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those people advocating such a doctrine or cause.
2. Material disseminated by the advocates of a doctrine or cause: the selected truths, exaggerations, and lies of wartime propaganda.
3. Propaganda Roman Catholic Church. A division of the Roman Curia that has authority in the matter of preaching the gospel, of establishing the Church in non-Christian countries, and of administering Church missions in territories where there is no properly organized hierarchy.
[New Latin, short for Sacra Congregātiō dē Prōpagandā Fide, Sacred Congregation for Propagating the Faith (established 1622), from ablative feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgāre, to propagate. See propagate.]
propaganʹdism noun
propaganʹdist noun
propagandisʹtic adjective
propagandisʹtically adverb