DEMAGOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demagogy mean? 

• DEMAGOGY (noun)
  The noun DEMAGOGY has 1 sense:

1. impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace

  Familiarity information: DEMAGOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMAGOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

demagoguery; demagogy

Hypernyms ("demagogy" is a kind of...):

appeal; entreaty; prayer (earnest or urgent request)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demagogy"):

flag waving; jingoism (an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions)

Derivation:

demagogic; demagogical (characteristic of or resembling a demagogue)