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agitpropist

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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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