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agitprop

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Policies, Arts
a·git·prop /ˌædʒətˈprɒp $ -ˈprɑːp/ noun [uncountable]  PPPAmusic, literature, or art that tries to persuade people to follow a particular set of political ideas 政治宣传类文艺作品
Examples from the Corpus
agitpropSuch clever agitprop worked well enough to get Clinton elected, but not well enough to make the programs work.We went in for agitprop caricature and grotesque exaggeration.They further confused the tone of a piece that had about it the whiff of 1970s radical agitprop.
Origin agitprop (1900-2000) Russian office of agitation and propaganda, from agitatsiya agitation + propaganda
a·git·prop nounChineseSyllable
Corpus tries or art to music, persuade people to literature, that


agitprop
agitprop /ˌædʒətˈprɒp, ˌædʒɪtˈprɒp $ -ˈprɑːp/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Russian
 Origin: 'office of agitation and propaganda', from agitatsiya 'agitation' + propaganda
music, literature, or art that tries to persuade people to follow a particular set of political ideas


agit·propBrE /ˈædʒɪtprɒp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈædʒɪtprɑːp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the use of art, films/movies, music, etc. to spread left-wing political ideas (利用影视等艺术形式对左翼政见的)宣传鼓动