• n. 宣傳；傳道總會

來自拉丁語propagare,延伸，擴展，繁殖，詞源同propagate,-and,動名詞后綴，-a,表陰性。引申詞義宣傳者，傳道者。

propaganda

propaganda: [18] English gets the word propaganda from the term Propaganda Fide, the name of a Roman Catholic organization charged with the spreading of the gospel. This meant literally ‘propagating the faith’, prōpāgānda being the feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgāre, source of English propagate [16]. Originally prōpāgāre was a botanical verb, as its English descendant remains, only secondarily broadening out metaphorically to ‘extend, spread’.

It was derived from the noun prōpāgo ‘cutting, scion’, which in turn was formed from the prefix prō- ‘forth’ and the base *pāg- ‘fix’ (source of English pagan, page, pale ‘stake’, etc).
=> pagan, page, pale, propagate

propaganda (n.)

1718, "committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions. The word is properly the ablative fem. gerundive of Latin propagare (see propagation). Hence, "any movement to propagate some practice or ideology" (1790). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. Meaning "material or information propagated to advance a cause, etc." is from 1929.

1. Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda.

政客們想要的是不問是非、甘為他們搞宣傳的哈巴狗一樣的新聞媒體。

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2. They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.

他們甚至設(shè)立了自己的通訊社來宣揚反孤立主義。

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3. The Front adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.

該陣線采用激進的宣傳手段對付它的對手。

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4. They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.

他們沒收了武器、彈藥和宣傳材料。

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5. These reports clearly contain elements of propaganda.

這些報告明顯帶有一些宣傳的意味。

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