demagoguery

Examples

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• In its softer form, demagoguery pandered to transitory public opinion, flattering the citizenry rather than enlightening it.

  Academic text (1997)

• Anti-Western demagoguery will salve the discontent of the population only for a short period.

  Academic text (2000)

• This was not a culture that was based upon fear and demagoguery.

  Fishtales (2007)

• Well, the object in this case is Donald Trump, his demagoguery, his danger to our country and the world and stick with it.

• I would love to see the Republican demagoguery against such an amendment.

  Blog text (19)

• When we are able to step back from our fear, we are able to come to a place where we are ultimately protected from the demagoguery message.

• Argument does not mean verbal fisticuffs or power plays of rhetoric and demagoguery.

  Academic text (1993)

• The new media had greased the highway of modern politics for demagogues and demagoguery.

  Academic text (1993)

• I firmly believe that the only group that can counter the demagoguery of the Ahmadinejad government is the bloggers.

  Academic text (2008)

• According to early proponents of the idea of the rhetorical presidency, demagoguery was a major concern of the Founders.

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

D

demagogy

vsdemagoguery

• Literature

1 9.9

Political speech that tries to gain support by using people's strong feelings and unfair ideas

focuses more on manipulative fear-filled rhetoric than merely avoiding rational argument

P

propagandism

vsdemagoguery

9.0

A practice of spreading biased information to make people accept certain ideas

is narrower, aiming at public emotion and fear rather than general opinion control

Antonyms

I

integrity

447 4.3

Being honest and doing what is right

How Demagogic

incitement

• NSFW

13 8.1

demagoguery

• Literature

13 9.5

rabble-rousing

• Literature

2 8.6

populism

18 7.0

persuasion

45 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology