1 The Christian world, which for many years was opposed to cremation, has come to a greater acceptance of cremation over the past century. 2  Judaism has a firm anti-cremation stance and requires a timely burial of the dead. 3  The Bahai faith also forbids cremation.
propaganda noun [U]. âº âinformation or âideas that are âspread by an âorganized âgroup or âgovernment to âinfluence peopleâs âopinions, esp. by not giving all the âfacts or by secretly âemphasizing only one way of âlooking at the âfacts.
Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented. Propaganda is often associated with material prepared by governments, but activist groups, companies and the media can also produce propaganda. In the twentieth century, the term propaganda has been associated with a manipulative approach, but propaganda historically was a neutral descriptive term.