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demagogy|ˈdɛməgɒgɪ, -gɒdʒɪ|
[mod. ad. Gr. δηµαγωγία leadership of the people, abstr. n. f. δηµαγωγός demagogue.]
1. The action or quality of a demagogue.
1655M. Casaubon Enthus. (1656) 197 A consideration of the efficacy of ancient Rhetorick, I will not insist upon Demagogie, so called anciently, though it be the chiefest. 1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVIII. 382 This insane demagogy. 1849Grote Greece ii. xlvi. V. 488 The arts of demagogy were in fact much more cultivated by the oligarchical Kimon. 1880Daily Tel. 4 Oct., The men least suspected of demagogy, the least revolutionary.
2. The rule of demagogues.
1860Huxley in Darwin's Life & Lett. (1887) II. 284 Despotism and demagogy are not the necessary alternatives of government.
3. A body of demagogues.
1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 156 The defeat..of the greenback demagogy. 1883Century Mag. 570 The economy of an ignorant demagogy. |
