sion, proselytism; teaching, instruction, indoctrination, introduction; infusion, instillment, instillation, ingraining, implantation, infixion, inculcation, inoculation, imbuement; infection, contamination, tainting.
propagandist, n. 1. propagator, promulgator, disseminator, circulator, spreader; broadcaster, announcer, advertiser, adman, promoter, pusher, Inf. plugger, ballyhooer; publicist, publicity man or agent, press agent, public-relations man, PR man, Inf. flak, spokesman.
2. brainwasher, agitprop, persuader, converter, pros-elytizer; teacher, instructor, indoctrinator; evangelist, revivalist, missionary,
propagandize, v. 1. propagate, promulgate, sow the seeds of; disseminate, spread, transmit, pass on or along, circulate; broadcast, advertise, promote, push, Inf. plug, SI. hype, talk up, ballyhoo; publicize, make public, make known, print, publish; give out, give to the world, distribute, dispense, diffuse, disperse.
2. brainwash, persuade, convince, convert,
evangelize, proselytize; teach, instruct, indoctrinate, introduce; infuse, instill, ingrain, implant, infix, inculcate, inoculate, imbue; infect, contaminate, taint,
propagate, v. 1. reproduce, multiply, proliferate; breed, procreate, beget, generate; bear, bring forth, deliver, give birth, (of animals) drop; hatch, spawn.
2. promulgate, disseminate, spread, transmit; cir
culate, give out, give to the world, distribute, dispense, diffuse, disperse; dissipate, scatter, sow; broadcast, air, advertise, SI. hype, Inf. plug, propagandize; publish, issue, put out; publicize, make public, make known, drag into the open, bring into the open, let out, come out with, tell; proclaim, herald, cry, blare, bandy about, blaze about, blazon, trumpet, bruit, noise abroad.
3. increase, grow, develop, enlarge, wax, become
greater or larger; extend, distend, stretch, widen, lengthen, heighten.
propagation, n. 1. reproduction, multiplication, increase, proliferation, growth, development; breeding, procreation, begetting, generation; giving birth, parturition, delivery, bringing forth, bearing, (of animals) dropping; hatching, laying, spawning.
2. promulgation, dissemination, passing on or along, transmission, spreading; circulation, distribution, dispensing, diffusion, dispersion; publication, issuance; reporting, broadcasting, airing, advertisement, SI. hyping, talking up, promotion, propaganda; proclamation, heralding, blaring, blazoning,
propel, v. 1. move, actuate, get going, set in motion, start, launch; drive, impel, urge, press, push, thrust, shove; spur, prod, goad, induce, compel, make, force, Inf. pressure or high pressure; constrain, oblige, necessitate, require, demand, leave no option or choice.
2. project, discharge, eject, shoot, SI. zap; hurl, heave, toss, throw; sling, catapult; precipitate,
propensity, n. 1. inclination, inclining, proclivity; proneness, aptness, liableness, likeliness; subjectabili-ty, susceptibility, weakness, openness; tendency, tending, bearing, leaning, bent, turn, veering, Biol. tropism, cast, gravitation, drift; mind-set, disposition, Pathol, diathesis, temperament, temper, mind, humor, vein, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncrasis, grain, Archaic. crasis.
2. penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality; affinity, attraction, tendentiousness, preference, prejudice, bias; sympathy, liking, fancy, fondness, affection, love, ardor, fervor, zeal, passion; desire, longing, wishing, hankering, craving, relish, appetite, appetency, taste.