demagogic
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- demagogically adverb
Etymology
Origin of demagogic
1825–35; < Greek dēmagōgikós, equivalent to dēmagōg ( ós ) ( see demagogue) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Oedipus sees himself as an answer to the demagogic manipulation that has wrought havoc.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
"Ugly and appalling as they are, those speeches are masterpieces of demagogic manipulation," Neuborne says.
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023
The story of Coughlin, the demagogic radio priest who dominated American airwaves during the Great Depression, offers an intriguing analog-age precedent to the digital-age debates over the limits of free expression.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2021
As a Virginia planter, Washington might have sympathized with Madison and Jefferson, but he shared the Federalists' love of order and increasingly distrusted Republicans as demagogic and irresponsible.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Spinney's name was presented by an up-country spellbinder who had copied logic, diction, and demagogic arguments from his chief.
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman
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