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Agitprop is an example of a portmanteau word, that is, a word created by combining two or more parts of other words, in this case, agitation and propaganda.

In English, agitprop usually carries a negative connotation and is used generally to describe any work, particularly in an artistic form, that attempts to indoctrinate people for political purposes. For example: “Although she acknowledged that the movie was leftwing agitprop, the critic also noted, somewhat surprisingly, that it had a compelling plot and characters that the audience actually cared about.”

Agitprop can also be used as an adjective, as in “The play’s agitprop message was so blatant that audience members felt as if they had been repeatedly smacked over the head with a political pamphlet.”