propaganda

1. (as a neutral word dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.Examples: "Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis."uncountableusually

2. (as a neutral word dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.historicaluncountableusually

3. (derogatory) Such communication specifically when it is biased, misleading, and/or provoking mainly emotional responses.Examples: "They established a government propaganda commission, called the Creel Commission, which succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population which wanted to destroy everything German, tear the Germans limb from limb, go to war and save the world."; "In this metropolis that had a prewar population of almost a million, but where the city center now feels like an Orwellian ghost town of propaganda posters and armed patrols, perhaps no one feels more alone than those who still harbor pro-Ukrainian sentiments."derogatoryuncountableusually