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demagogy

[ dem-uh-goh-jee, -gaw-jee, -goj-ee ]

noun

  1. Chiefly British. demagoguery.
  2. the character of a demagogue.
  3. a body of demagogues.


demagogy

/ ˈɛəˌɡɒɡɪ /

noun

  1. demagoguery
  2. rule by a demagogue or by demagogues
  3. a group of demagogues
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of demagogy1

1645–55; < Greek ŧōí leadership of the people, equivalent to ŧō ( ó ) demagogue + -ia -y 3
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Example Sentences

The illogic of his demagogy gives Trump no pause.

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Critics of these groups saw their activism as demagogy, violence and opposition to public education masquerading as parental concern.

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Written by Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan, it skewers its protagonist for the vacuous cynicism of his political demagogy, as well as his considerable personal shortcomings.

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“France is more fractured than ever, trapped between the insurrectional demagogy of the extreme left and the confused impotence of the government.”

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Both, he said, amounted to rejections of “the totalitarian, woke, economic egalitarianism and sensational demagogy of the radical left.”

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