Definitions for agitprop
ˈædʒ ɪtˌprɒpag·it·prop

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1. agitpropnoun

   political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema

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1. agitpropnoun

   agitation and propaganda; -- used especially for such activities carried out on behalf of communist activists.

2. agitpropnoun

   a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government; one disseminating agitprop. Also called agitpropist.

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1. agitpropnoun

   political propaganda disseminated through art, literature, drama, etc., especially Communist propaganda

2. agitpropnoun

   An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

3. Etymology: From the Soviet Отдел агитации и пропаганды.

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1. agitprop

   Agitprop is a political strategy in which the techniques of agitation and propaganda are used to influence and mobilize public opinion. Originally used by the Soviet Union during the Russian Revolution, the term is typically associated with communist, socialist, and leftist movements and regimes. It includes a range of methods such as literature, plays, pamphlets, films, and other visual and performing arts, which are used to promote political ideologies and causes.

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1. Agitprop

   Agitprop is derived from agitation and propaganda, and describes stage plays, pamphlets, motion pictures and other art forms with an explicitly political message. The term originated in the Russian SFSR, as a shortened form of отдел агитации и пропаганды, i.e., Department for Agitation and Propaganda, which was part of the Central and regional committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The department was later renamed Ideological Department. In the case of agitprop, the ideas to be disseminated were those of communism, including explanations of the policy of the Communist Party and the Soviet state. In other contexts, propaganda could mean dissemination of any kind of beneficial knowledge, e.g., of new methods in agriculture. Agitation meant urging people to do what Soviet leaders expected them to do; again, at various levels. In other words, propaganda was supposed to act on the mind, while agitation acted on emotions, although both usually went together, thus giving rise to the cliché "propaganda and agitation". The term agitprop gave rise to agitprop theatre, a highly-politicized leftist theatre originated in 1920s Europe and spread to America; the plays of Bertolt Brecht being a notable example. Russian agitprop theater was noted for its cardboard characters of perfect virtue and complete evil, and its coarse ridicule. Gradually the term agitprop came to describe any kind of highly politicized art.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of agitprop in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of agitprop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=agitprop
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=agitprop
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Agitprop
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=agitprop