demagoguery

[ dem-uh-gog-uh-ree, -gaw-guh- ]

noun

1. the methods or practices of a demagogue.

demagoguery

/ ˌdɛməˈɡɒɡərɪ; ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡɪzəm /

noun

1. the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue

Word History and Origins

Origin of demagoguery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; demagogue + -ry

Example Sentences

Each one is packaged with the correct mix of demagoguery, branding, and high decibels in the media newsrooms that have rendered us into a country that lives in short bursts and even shorter memories.

From Quartz

At least, that is, when such a shakedown isn’t already poisoned by almost two years of demagoguery and sloganeering.

From Time

Populist anger in politics can lead to reform, but it can also lead to demagoguery and the erosion of trust and democracy.

From Time

He said the South needed to set itself free “from hate, from demagoguery.”

From Washington Post

In the end, however, his astonishing success showed how demagoguery could overcome potentially career-ending challenges—and profoundly change history.

From Time

However, Abbott is not about to let cold hard facts get in the way of a little politically motivated demagoguery.

From The Daily Beast

Charges of naivete, cluelessness, and “nonsense demagoguery” were hurled back and forth.

From The Daily Beast

Clearly Ted learned his bare-knuckles, crazy-ass demagoguery at the knee of a master.

From The Daily Beast

I have criticized the Republicans for trying to make supporting Israel a wedge issue through demagoguery.

From The Daily Beast

Worse, Romney has indulged in his own demagoguery, attacking the president for being “the real outsourcer-in-chief.”

From The Daily Beast

They feel that they would be doing a public service in offsetting the demagoguery and sensationalism of most of the popular press.

From Project Gutenberg

He felt that he himself was right; yet he could not deny that "Josh's cheap demagoguery" sounded fine and true.

From Project Gutenberg

And you think with your little spewing demagoguery of newspaper filth, you can override me?

From Project Gutenberg

But the most notable example of demagoguery to-day is not a man, though he be clothed with thunder, but an institution.

From Project Gutenberg

I deplore the interjection of demagoguery and personal political advancement.

From Project Gutenberg