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demagogy
[ dem-uh-goh-jee, -gaw-jee, -goj-ee ]
demagogy
/ ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡɪ /
noun
- demagoguery
- rule by a demagogue or by demagogues
- a group of demagogues
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Clear away all the demagogy and scare tactics, and Obamacare is, at its core, Romneycare across state lines.
"The country became very susceptibly to demagogy," Brzezinski said.
The next six years found unhappy Spain delivered up to every excess of demagogy and disorder.
But it was not enough to abolish liberty by conjuring up the spectre of demagogy.
Besides, atheism fits in very well, whatever Robespierre may have thought, with the general sentiments of the baser demagogy.
The minority who have no turn for demagogy are demagogues though they do not like it, and because they are forced by necessity.
Sir Edward Carson's speeches in Ulster, indeed, are the most extreme instances of demagogy we have had in recent years.
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