propaganda

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "North Korean propaganda is in a category all its own. It is not surprising that North Korea is sending more cheerleaders and musicians than athletes." Michael Anton, a spokesman for the National Security Council, on the announcement that North and South Koreans will march under one flag at the Winter Olympics next month.

propaganda
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NOUN

• 1mass noun Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

  ‘he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda’

  1. 1.1 The dissemination of propaganda as a political strategy.
     ‘the party's leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary’
• 2A committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions, founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.

  • Propaganda ： (1) 羅馬傳信大學；聖伍朋（吳爾班）大學： 1627 年教宗伍朋八世為培養傳教區人才而設； 1933 年起授與學位。 (2) 傳信部：現更名為萬民福音部。 (3) 傳道；傳播；宣傳。

  propagandist ：傳道者；宣講者；宣傳者。亦指傳信大學校友。

  Propagation of the Faith, Sacred Congregation of the ：傳信部；佈道部：為教廷聖部之一，由教宗國瑞十五世（ Gregory XV ）成立於 1622 年，管理世界傳教地區，現改稱「萬民福音部Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 」。

  Propagation of the Faith, Society of the ：傳信善會；傳信會：由法國雅麗歌小姐（ Pauline Jaricot 1799-1862 ）于 1882 年成立于里昂，以幫助傳教地區之經費為目的。 1923 年由傳信部接管。傳信會在世界各地設有分會，向教友勸募後，彙集羅馬總會，再由總會按各地需要分配。
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Origin

Italian, from modern Latin congregatio de propaganda fide ‘congregation for propagation of the faith’ (see propaganda (sense 2)). propaganda (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.