Demagogic
adjective
Relating to or being a leader who gets power by making false claims and promises to gain popular favor.
The politician's demagogic speeches were designed to rile up his supporters.
Often appears as...
- demagogic tactics
- demagogic speeches
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to or being a leader who gets power by making false claims and promises to gain popular favor.
The politician's demagogic speeches were designed to rile up his supporters.
Often appears as...
- demagogic tactics
- demagogic speeches
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Demagogic has a negative tone, suggesting manipulation or deceit.
The leader's demagogic rhetoric alarmed many observers.
Pro Tip 2/3Power and Populism
Often used for leaders exploiting popular desires and prejudices rather than using rational argument.
Her demagogic approach exploited popular fears to win votes.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotion over Logic
Demagogic speaks to emotion, bypassing logical thinking and reason.
His demagogic claims bypassed facts, appealing to emotions instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Demagogic has a negative tone, suggesting manipulation or deceit.
The leader's demagogic rhetoric alarmed many observers.
Pro Tip 2/3Power and Populism
Often used for leaders exploiting popular desires and prejudices rather than using rational argument.
Her demagogic approach exploited popular fears to win votes.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotion over Logic
Demagogic speaks to emotion, bypassing logical thinking and reason.
His demagogic claims bypassed facts, appealing to emotions instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Demagogic has a negative tone, suggesting manipulation or deceit.
The leader's demagogic rhetoric alarmed many observers.
Pro Tip 2/3Power and Populism
Often used for leaders exploiting popular desires and prejudices rather than using rational argument.
Her demagogic approach exploited popular fears to win votes.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotion over Logic
Demagogic speaks to emotion, bypassing logical thinking and reason.
His demagogic claims bypassed facts, appealing to emotions instead.
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Quote examples
Bret Stephens
American Journalist
In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches, or town halls, we have Trump's demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting between the administration and the press, we have a president who fantasizes on Twitter about physically assaulting CNN.
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William Julius Wilson
American Sociologist
I maintain that the period during the first half of the 1990s, the period in which rising inequality reached its peak, was a period in which we came very, very close to a demagogic immobilization of racism in this society.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
In the market, the fittest are those most able to serve the consumers; in government, the fittest are those most adept at wielding coercion and/or those most adroit at making demagogic appeals to the voting public.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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Ben Fountain
American Writer
In true demagogic fashion, Trump bypassed the head and spoke directly to the gut, to the biles and bubbling acids of raw emotion.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches, or town halls, we have Trump's demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting between the administration and the press, we have a president who fantasizes on Twitter about physically assaulting CNN.
Quote examples
William Julius Wilson
American Sociologist
I maintain that the period during the first half of the 1990s, the period in which rising inequality reached its peak, was a period in which we came very, very close to a demagogic immobilization of racism in this society.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
In the market, the fittest are those most able to serve the consumers; in government, the fittest are those most adept at wielding coercion and/or those most adroit at making demagogic appeals to the voting public.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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Ben Fountain
American Writer
In true demagogic fashion, Trump bypassed the head and spoke directly to the gut, to the biles and bubbling acids of raw emotion.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.
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