Word | agitprop |
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Definition | n. Political propaganda in the form of art. |
Sentence | The National Council of Labour Colleges sponsored agitprop theater groups, and from that platform Ness Edwards denounced Shakespeare and nearly all other important playwrights as reactionaries: only Shaw and Ib sen won his guarded approval. |
Source | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose |
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