propaganda

• n. アドボカシー; 宣教一般委員会

ラテン語のpropagare（拡大する、拡張する、増殖する）から、語源的にはpropagate（伝播する）と同じで、-and、属格接尾辞、-a、女性。propagandist、evangelistの派生語。

propaganda

propaganda: [18] English gets the word propaganda from the term Propaganda Fide, the name of a Roman Catholic organization charged with the spreading of the gospel. This meant literally ‘propagating the faith’, prōpāgānda being the feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgāre, source of English propagate [16]. Originally prōpāgāre was a botanical verb, as its English descendant remains, only secondarily broadening out metaphorically to ‘extend, spread’.

It was derived from the noun prōpāgo ‘cutting, scion’, which in turn was formed from the prefix prō- ‘forth’ and the base *pāg- ‘fix’ (source of English pagan, page, pale ‘stake’, etc).
=> pagan, page, pale, propagate

propaganda (n.)

1718, "committee of cardinals in charge of Catholic missionary work," short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions. The word is properly the ablative fem. gerundive of Latin propagare (see propagation). Hence, "any movement to propagate some practice or ideology" (1790). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. Meaning "material or information propagated to advance a cause, etc." is from 1929.

1. Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda .

政治家たちが欲しがっているのは、是非を問わず、彼らのために宣伝しようとするハバ犬のようなニュースメディアだ。

2.They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda .

彼らは反孤立主義を宣伝するために独自の通信社を設立した。

3.The Front adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.

この戦線は急進的な宣伝手段を用いて相手に対処している。

4.They confiscated weapons，ammunition and propaganda material.

彼らは武器、弾薬、宣伝材料を没収した。

5.These reports clearly contain elements of propaganda .

これらのレポートは明らかに宣伝的な意味を持っている。