Just wondering who to credit with this incredibly useful phrase?

  • boboblaw [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Why do you think it's not a word? It seems to be in multiple major dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster. Peak print usage seems to have been immediately after WWII:

    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=propagandized

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      idk it just sounds weird. You don't see it in other tenses often.

      • boboblaw [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        It serves a niche function. Its not quite synonymous with 'indoctrinated'. People can be propagandized but not indoctrinated, since 'propagandized' only speaks to the attempt, and does not say whether the imparting of a stance is successful.