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propaganda
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + propaganda
political propaganda
• Don't believe all the political propaganda.
enemy propaganda
• He was charged with ‘distributing enemy propaganda’.
communist/Soviet etc propaganda
• Much communist propaganda was about the evils of capitalism.
party propaganda
• Public money should not be used to produce party propaganda.
government/official propaganda
• Everything would soon get better, according to the official propaganda.
verbs
spread propaganda
• Several underground organizations were spreading anti-government propaganda.
phrases
a piece of propaganda
• The claim was a typical piece of Russian propaganda.
propaganda + NOUN
a propaganda campaign
• The Tories mounted a massive propaganda campaign against the Labour leader.
a propaganda war
• He denied the existence of any political prisoners, dismissing the claims as part of a propaganda war.
a propaganda exercise
(= something done as propaganda )
• The meeting was just a propaganda exercise.
a propaganda machine
(= people who produce propaganda in an organized way )
• The regime’s propaganda machine presented the incident as a triumph.
a propaganda weapon
(= an event, situation etc that can be used for propaganda )
• Sporting success was an important propaganda weapon during the Cold War.
a propaganda tool
(= an organization or type of communication that is used to spread propaganda )
• The newspaper had been turned into a propaganda tool.
propaganda value
(= ability to be used for propaganda )
• There was propaganda value in agreeing to a peace conference.
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noun ADJ. government, official, party, state | political, religious, revolutionary | Conservative, socialist, etc. | enemy, hostile, war VERB + PROPAGANDA broadcast The pirate radio station broadcast anti-government propaganda. PROPAGANDA + NOUN battle, campaign, effort, exercise, war | triumph, victory | department, machine | film, material, tool, weapon | purposes The film was made in 1938 for propaganda purposes. | value The Olympics were of great propaganda value to the regime. PREP. ~ about The papers were full of political propaganda about nationalization. | ~ against Soviet propaganda against Fascism
Oxford Collocations Dictionary