English Explanatory Dictionary

propaganda by the deed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of propaganda of the deed.

Word forms

propaganda by the deed

Etymology

Calque of French propagande par le fait, from propagande (“propaganda”) and fait (“deed, act, action”); a phrasal usage originating among 19th century insurrectionary anarchist communists.

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