demagogy

American  

[dem-uh-goh-jee, -gaw-jee, -goj-ee] / ˈdɛm əˌgoʊ dʒi, -ˌgɔ dʒi, -ˌgɒdʒ i /

noun

1. Chiefly British. demagoguery.

2. the character of a demagogue.

3. a body of demagogues.

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demagogy British  

/ ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡɪ /

noun

1. demagoguery

2. rule by a demagogue or by demagogues

3. a group of demagogues

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Etymology

Origin of demagogy

1645–55; < Greek dēmagōgía leadership of the people, equivalent to dēmagōg ( ós ) demagogue + -ia -y ³

Example Sentences

Recognizing this, Masson wrote in 1941, in “Painting is a Wager”: “Towards 1930, five years after the foundation of surrealism, a formidable disaster appeared in its midst: the demagogy of the irrational.”

From The Wall Street Journal

All of which may sound like grandiloquent cover for demagogy.

From New York Times

Mr. Bertrand, who is the incumbent candidate, said at a news conference that he had broken “the jaws of the National Rally, their demagogy, their sterile proposals, their intolerance.”

From New York Times

One key change to mainstream journalism in the Trump era was the impulse to tell the reader exactly what to think, lest by leaving anything ambiguous you gave an inch to right-wing demagogy.

From New York Times

We’ve just endured a presidential term of brazen demagogy from a man many N.F.L. owners have considered a great leader and friend.

From New York Times