pravda
/ˈpɹɑːvdə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and successor papers.
noun
A newspaper or other media channel seen as untrustworthy and biased towards its owners or the establishment.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "These figures indicate that there must have been considerable wastage in the past; indeed Pravda said that “no deviation from these standards is to be permitted, however slight, and it is the duty of Party workers in factories to exercise their rights of supervision to eliminate waste.”"
- "Pravda has described Tony Abbott as “a disturbed mind crying out for therapy”: after his threat to “shirtfront” the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Brisbane."
- "The fundamental purpose of the Government in introducing this measure, and in turning their three kept newspapers — the three Pravdas of Fianna Fail — to the propaganda campaign, is to wipe out the Labour Party, Clann na Talmhan, Clann na Poblachta and the Independents."
- "The music press is forever weeping about corporate-dominated music, but their only real contribution is their service as Pravdas of genre orthodoxy; what's "real jazz," "real blues," "real rock 'n' roll," blah blah blah."
- "The following is an editorial in today's New York Pravda. My comments are included."
- "Eric Pickles, the new local government secretary, said he wanted to axe 'the weekly town hall Pravdas' to ensure that a healthy independent local press can scrutinise the work of councils."