1. a person who spreads ideas, facts, or allegations deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause

Examples

• The government hired propagandists to promote the new policy.
• She was accused of being a propagandist for the political party.
• The documentary filmmaker denied being a propagandist for environmental causes.
• During wartime, propagandists often exaggerate enemy threats.
• The company’s propagandist painted a rosy picture of the merger.
• Critics called him a propagandist rather than an objective journalist.