Assertion: propaganda | /r/HasProperty | neutral term
Facets:
value: in english
type: OTHER
value: originally
type: MANNER
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: without any political connotations
type: OTHER
value: in its nature
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In English, propaganda was originally a neutral term for the dissemination of information in favor of any given cause.
text: However, propaganda is neutral in its nature and can be used for benign or harmless purposes.
text: Historically, propaganda is a neutral word without any political connotations.
text: Numerous communication specialists have stressed that propaganda is a neutral activity concerned only with persuasion, in order to free propagandists (and their profession) from pejorative associations.
text: In the 20th century, the term propaganda has often been associated with a manipulative approach, but propaganda historically is a neutral descriptive term.
text: Though propaganda was just a neutral term, the last two centuries have seen it gain a manipulative meaning.
text: For instance, in English, "propaganda" was originally a neutral term used to describe the dissemination of information in favor of a certain cause.
text: In English, "propaganda" was originally a neutral term used to describe the dissemination of information in favour of any given cause.
text: While the term propaganda has acquired a strongly negative connotation by association with its most manipulative and jingoistic examples, propaganda in its original sense was neutral, and could refer to uses that were generally benign or innocuous, such as public health recommendations, signs encouraging citizens to participate in a census or election, or messages encouraging persons to report crimes to law enforcement, among others.