noun · academic
propaganda
UK/ˌprɒpəˈɡændə/US/ˌprɑːpəˈɡændə/pro·PA·gan·da
information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or point of view
Examples
“The regime used propaganda to maintain support during the crisis.”
“Online platforms can amplify propaganda quickly.”
“Students analysed wartime propaganda in the history class.”
Band 8 sentence
“Authoritarian regimes often deploy sophisticated propaganda techniques to manufacture consent among the populace.”
Collocations
- political propaganda
- state propaganda
- spread propaganda
Word family
Common mistakes
propaganda is just advertising→propaganda and advertising are different; propaganda aims at ideological persuasion
many propagandas→much propaganda / pieces of propaganda
Say it for a higher band
5advertisement→6publicity→7+propaganda
Synonyms
disinformation
Easily confused
advertising
“The company spent heavily on advertising last quarter.”
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