According to the Cambridge dictionary, propaganda is: > information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast,

According to the Cambridge dictionary, propaganda is: > information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions Its examples are indeed only about political propaganda, but the definition fits like a glove for ads: they want to influence people's opinions such that they buy their stuff! So I'm confident and happy to say no words were destroyed in the writing of this post!