demagogy
Americannoun
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demagoguery
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rule by a demagogue or by demagogues
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a group of demagogues
Etymology
Origin of demagogy
1645–55; < Greek dēmagōgía leadership of the people, equivalent to dēmagōg ( ós ) demagogue + -ia -y 3
Example Sentences
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Mr Aiwanger's blunt style - to fans straight-talking, to critics dangerous demagogy - works well in beer tents and he makes even Bavaria's boisterous premier Markus Söder look stuffy.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
On the other hand, the movie is conspicuously wary of the powers of law enforcement and infused with a fear of demagogy.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2019
In the beginning of each great electronic media transformation — radio and television, and now social media — there have been anxieties that mass communication would enable demagogy and trivialize governance.
From New York Times • May 3, 2018
The key ingredient, in both salesmanship and demagogy, is authenticity, or the ability to be true to oneself without being the least bit truthful.
From Slate • May 1, 2016
It is probably true that the greatest danger of our future is the peril of classes, and inseparably connected with classes the menace of demagogy.
From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah
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