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   prop·a·gan·da

   /ˌpräpəˈɡandə/

   noun

   • 1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view: "he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda"
   • ▪ the dissemination of propaganda as a political strategy: "the party's leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary"
   • 2. a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions, founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.

   Word Origin Italian, from modern Latin congregatio de propaganda fide ‘congregation for propagation of the faith’ (see propaganda (sense 2)). propaganda (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.

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