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demagoguery
[ dem-uh-gog-uh-ree, -gaw-guh- ]
demagoguery
/ ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡɪzəm; ˌdɛməˈɡɒɡərɪ /
noun
- the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
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Word History and Origins
Origin of demagoguery1
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Example Sentences
However, Abbott is not about to let cold hard facts get in the way of a little politically motivated demagoguery.
Charges of naivete, cluelessness, and “nonsense demagoguery” were hurled back and forth.
Clearly Ted learned his bare-knuckles, crazy-ass demagoguery at the knee of a master.
I have criticized the Republicans for trying to make supporting Israel a wedge issue through demagoguery.
Worse, Romney has indulged in his own demagoguery, attacking the president for being “the real outsourcer-in-chief.”
They feel that they would be doing a public service in offsetting the demagoguery and sensationalism of most of the popular press.
He felt that he himself was right; yet he could not deny that "Josh's cheap demagoguery" sounded fine and true.
And you think with your little spewing demagoguery of newspaper filth, you can override me?
But the most notable example of demagoguery to-day is not a man, though he be clothed with thunder, but an institution.
I deplore the interjection of demagoguery and personal political advancement.
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