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Meanings of demagoguery in English

Portuguese
demagogia
Catalan
demagògia
Spanish
demagogia

Impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.

demagogia
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Examples for "demagogy"
Examples for "demagogy"
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They fail in diplomacy, they fail in debate, they fail even in demagogy.
The Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian
2
My nephew is not my nephew, woman; he is blasphemy, sacrilege, atheism, demagogy.
Dona Perfecta
3
These are the veriest platitudes of demagogy, but they are true-absolutelyand undeniably true.
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
4
Never, never ever must we allow the demagogy of a Björn Höcke to go unchallenged.
The Guardian
5
I did this because I wanted to show that I don't agree with this demagogy.
The Guardian
Usage of demagoguery in English
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We need great freedom, no discrimination, no demagoguery and a lot of love.
The Guardian
2
The Northern political situation has yielded its fair share of demagoguery.
The Irish Times
3
Those who oppose change in some sense were re-energised by the Trump demagoguery.
The Guardian
4
This evil breeds another: fickleness in the people means demagoguery in the leader, inevitably.
The Soul of Democracy / The Philosophy of the World War in Relat...
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That makes for ripe ground for demagoguery, Springsteen said.
The Guardian
6
It is a vision that has struck some commentators as an invitation to high-tech demagoguery.
The new yorker
7
Never Trump activists are hoping to purge his brand of nativist demagoguery from the party.
The Guardian
8
This kind of demagoguery is also the standard.
NY Magazine
9
A climate of demagoguery is what she craves.
The Guardian
10
Emmanuel Macron has responded by saying that this would be an act of "demagoguery".
The Guardian
11
But democratic entitlement can lead to demagoguery.
The Guardian
12
He loves Greece, and loves running Greece, and he runs it extravagantly, practicing a kind of spontaneous demagoguery.
The new yorker
13
None of these investigations are bogus, but all of them carry the Republican scent of demagoguery with them.
Reuters
14
Farage himself may not be a demagogue, but in this campaign he has laid the foundations for demagoguery.
The Guardian
15
Selfishness, fickleness, ignorance, irreverence in the people, with demagoguery in the leader-these are the menaces of American democracy.
The Soul of Democracy / The Philosophy of the World War in Relat...
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The highly staged move exhibited his tendency towards demagoguery and his persistent refusal to accept the science around Covid-19.
The Irish Times
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Translations for demagoguery
Portuguese
demagogia
Catalan
demagògia
Spanish
demagogia
Demagoguery through the time