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Impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
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demagogy
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n. impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace [syn: demagoguery ]
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demagogy \Dem"a*gog`y\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]magogie, Gr. dhmagwgi`a leadership of the people.] Demagogism. Syn: demagoguery. [1913 Webster]
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n. demagogism
Usage examples of demagogy.
The programme I have roughly outlined has elements both of demagogy and of Utopianism, but it takes very much better account of the actual balance of forces than any of the older Left parties have done.
Through anti-capitalist demagogy they pulled this despairing mass together, imbued it with a mission of salvation, and filled it full of illusions in overthrowing the system.