propaganda purpose

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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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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofpropagandaandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Itspropagandapurposecannot be doubted.
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However, the film succeeded in its primarypropagandapurposeof creating a stirring patriotic film.
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He was a prolific writer, with over 600 journalism articles, most of them with apropagandapurpose.
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Bedau also notes, though, that the very harmlessness of such entirely symbolic illegal protests toward public policy goals may serve apropagandapurpose.
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Researchers could be misled by the publications of the first category because they were usually censored by the government to fit its propaganda purposes.
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They were generally written for assignment coordinators or supervisors; edited versions were sometimes published or circulated in newsletters for training or propaganda purposes.
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Although reproduced for propaganda purposes, the letters are valid and important historical sources.
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Many issuers have used ducats for various political and propaganda purposes in preceding centuries too.
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The point is that the petition was used against this country unfairly for propaganda purposes.
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I am referring to the practice of using public property—that is, ambulances—for the propaganda purposes of one side in the dispute.
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Will he now take this opportunity to deprecate the aggravation of racial ill-will for party propaganda purposes, whosoever commits it?
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Will he please deprecate this kind of aggravation of racial ill-will for party propaganda purposes?
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We do not want the figures to be massaged for propaganda purposes.
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They have been used quite unscrupulously by paramilitaries for propaganda purposes.
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Any extension of the committee’s mandate would be for political and propaganda purposes.
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Is he writing international novels for propaganda purposes in belligerent countries?
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Is it in order for the employees of nationalised corporations to be employed for propaganda purposes at by-elections?
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We remain deeply sceptical of packages designed for propaganda purposes rather than for serious discussion.
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There is a feeling that a meeting designed for propaganda purposes should be resisted.
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Let me say that it is no good for propaganda purposes.
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