Agitprop Word Meaning

Etymology:

1920s (originally the name of a department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union responsible for political propaganda): Russian, blend of agitacija ‘agitation’ and propaganda ‘propaganda’

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature

Short Definition:

political originally communist propaganda

Examples:

• a typeface which made it resemble student agitprop of the Eighties
• agitprop painters