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demagoguery
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Word definitions for demagoguery in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
demagoguery \demagoguery\ n. 1. impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace. Syn: demagogy, demagogism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1855; see demagogue + -ery . Demagogy in the same sense is from 1650s, from Greek demagogia "leadership of the people."
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace [syn: demagogy ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The actions of a demagogue 2 rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people
Usage examples of demagoguery.
Republican demagoguery, President Bush now celebrates: The legalization of millions, no tens of millions, of law-breaking illegal aliens!
It was demagoguery, he knew, but, like all effective demagoguery, contained a germ of truth: Stanton had already appointed a special provost marshal in Washington to carry out the arrests, with provost marshals in every loyal state with power to ignore local court rulings.