different between proponent vs propagandist

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?p?n?ns, present participle of pr?p?n? (“to put forward; propose”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??n?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???po?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: pro?po?nent

Noun

proponent (plural proponents)

1. One who supports something; an advocate
   • 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):

     Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.

2. One who makes a proposal or proposition.
3. (law) One who propounds a will for probate.

Synonyms

• exponent

Antonyms

• detractor
• opponent

Related terms

• apropos
• propone
• propound
• propose

Translations

Adjective

proponent (not comparable)

1. Making proposals; proposing.

Latin

Verb

pr?p?nent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of pr?p?n?

English

Etymology

From propaganda +? -ist, after French propagandiste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??p???and?st/

Noun

propagandist (plural propagandists)

1. A person who disseminates propaganda. [from 18th c.]

Translations

Adjective

propagandist (comparative more propagandist, superlative most propagandist)

1. Consisting of or spreading propaganda. [from 19th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:

     Of course many of these accounts were propagandist in intention and designed for an unsophisticated audience.

Anagrams

• strappadoing

Romanian

Etymology

From French propagandiste

Noun

propagandist m (plural propagandi?ti)

1. propagandist

Declension