propaganda

noun

• 1 [mass noun] information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view:he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda
• the dissemination of propaganda as a political strategy:the party’s leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary

• 2 (Propaganda) a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions, founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.