to demagogue

Examples

• All

• The press is going to demagogue the tax cuts anyway unless we capitulate.

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• Rather than debating a serious proposal, Kristof and The New York Times would rather demagogue anything that cuts government spending.

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• The other side, who are going to do everything they can to defeat and demagogue these efforts, understand what is at stake.

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• And we need to demagogue our opponents at every turn.

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• But no, O'Reilly just wants to demagogue on this for all it's worth.

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• Our job is not to demagogue but to lay out the facts as best we see them so people can make better-informed decisions.

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• This issue could be easily dealt with if the Republicans didn't love to demagogue it so much for political purposes.

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• The question facing us is whether extending the tax cuts another couple of years and being demagogued on it in 2014 is worth giving up spending cuts.

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• So he doesn't care about our impending financial collapse, except insofar as he can demagogue it for political advantage.

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• The politician tried to demagogue the issue to gain support for his campaign.

Synonyms

S

to stir up

vsto demagogue

48 4.8

To make people feel strong emotions like anger or fear

targets political influence and unfair gain rather than general provocation

S

to stir the pot

vsto demagogue

• Informal

8 8.0

To cause trouble by saying things to make people argue

applies similar provocation but aims for unfair political influence

R

rabble-rousing

vsto demagogue

• Literature

2 8.6

Making ordinary people angry or excited about politics

stirs emotions to influence people unfairly for political gain

F

to fearmonger

vsto demagogue

1 8.4

To make people feel afraid on purpose to change what they think or do

shares the manipulative aim but uses general emotional stirring, not only fear

I

to inflame public opinion

vsto demagogue

• Literature

1 7.7

To make many people feel angry or shocked about something

uses emotional provocation more broadly to gain unfair political influence

S

to shit-stir

vsto demagogue

• Offensive

9.9

To say or do things that cause arguments and make people angry

uses emotional stirring to gain political advantage rather than mere annoyance

Compounds

D

demagogue tactic

• Literature

9.5

An unfair way a leader gains support by using people's fears and false promises

How Demagogic

to incite

• NSFW

72 7.7

to demagogue

6 9.4

to seduce an audience

1 6.7

to persuade

472 2.7

Surface Forms

Etymology