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ag⋅it⋅prop

  [aj-it-prop]
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–noun
1. agitation and propaganda, esp. for the cause of communism.
2. (often initial capital letter) an agency or department, as of a government, that directs and coordinates agitation and propaganda.
3. Also, ag⋅it⋅prop⋅ist. a person who is trained or takes part in such activities.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to agitprop.
Origin:
1930–35; < Russ Agitpróp, orig. 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.
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ag·it·prop   (āj'ĭt-prŏp')   
n.  Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music: "It also is a conspiracy movie, agitprop against today's targets, big government and big business" (George F. Will).

[Russian, short for otdel agitatsii i propagandy, incitement and propaganda section (of the central and local committees of the Russian Communist party); name changed in 1934.]
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agitprop 
1930s, from Rus. agitatsiya "agitation," from Fr. agitation (see agitation) + propaganda, from Ger. (see propaganda).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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