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political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature

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agitprop



So-called agitprop art, at which people, not always the best people, turned up their noses, was a mine of new artistic methods and modes of expression.

—p.84 Against Georg Lukács (68) by Bertolt Brecht
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8 years, 11 months ago


the agitprop scheme of his play

—p.153 Going to theater, etc. (140) by Susan Sontag
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9 years ago


a glowing review of a fine piece of agitprop leftist cinema

on George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck

—p.195 At the Multiplex, 2006 (179) by Zadie Smith
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9 years, 4 months ago


But the philosopher never shared the dramatist’s agitprop hopes.

—p.134 Part III: The 1930s (123) by Stuart Jeffries
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9 years ago


tired agitprop hyperbole

—p.240 Control Units (211) by Jonathan Franzen
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9 years, 6 months ago


these operations were exposed as government agitprop outlets

—p.45 An American Tale (36) missing author
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7 years, 2 months ago


a grim collage, an agitprop warning.

—p.10 The Last Days of New Paris (1) by China Miéville
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9 years, 4 months ago


vegetarians are presented with endless vegetarian agitprop

—p.178 Death of the Author (156) by Franklin Foer
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8 years, 10 months ago


according to the agitprop or many of our own self-rationalizations, this was precisely what we had volunteered for

—p.88 Base Culture (85) missing author
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6 years, 6 months ago