agitprop

noun

1. agitation and propaganda, especially for the cause of communism.
2. (often initial capital letter) an agency or department, as of a government, that directs and coordinates agitation and propaganda.
3. Also ag·it·prop·ist. a person who is trained or takes part in such activities.

adjective

4. of or relating to agitprop.

noun

1. (often capital) (formerly) a bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in charge of agitation and propaganda on behalf of Communism
2. 1. any promotion, as in the arts, of political propaganda, esp of a Communist nature
   2. (as modifier)agitprop theatre

n.

also agit-prop, 1938, from Russian agitatsiya “agitation” (from French agitation; see agitation) + propaganda, from German (see propaganda).