propaganda machine

collocation in English

meaningsofpropagandaandmachine

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propaganda
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprɒp.əˈɡæn.də/us
/ˌprɑː.pəˈɡæn.də/
information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofpropagandaandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not regard that as a good idea because it could develop into apropagandamachine.
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If you deny it, you play into the hands of those who are working the verypropagandamachineagainst which you are fighting.
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It is thepropagandamachinethat helps to keep the military machine moving.
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The immensepropagandamachineat their disposal, because of the riches possessed by them, pumps it home as though it were democracy.
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There is no question of apropagandamachine.
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They use theirpropagandamachineto tell the most outrageous lies about what goes on in comprehensive schools.
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I shall come to the general situation shortly, but that minority of persons has created a very effectivepropagandamachine.
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I am saying that an expensive, sophisticatedpropagandamachinehas operated over a long period in one direction.
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The board'spropagandamachinehas been working at full capacity to disseminate disinformation.
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It will be exploited by the paramilitaries, whosepropagandamachinewill go into overdrive.
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They have backed all this with a skilful, expensive and effectivepropagandamachine.
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That is why, at the present time, theirpropagandamachineis taking such immense pains to explain away the raid.
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Theirpropagandamachinehas never been so lubricated and so professional world-wide.
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However, theirpropagandamachinehas not been working at all well in that respect.
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It is now a little less self-evident what this newpropagandamachineis to say and to what the leaflets are to be directed.
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This is yet another in the long line of myths perpetuated by thepropagandamachine.
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Exactly the samepropagandamachinehas been busy in respect of business taxes.
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In recent weeks, we have seen the use of the county'spropagandamachinefor party political purposes.
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We are already seeing the cranking up of thepropagandamachinein favour of a single currency.
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We ignore the possibilities which now lie open to us of influencing communities as a whole in their opinions through this new and far-reachingpropagandamachine.
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