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demagogic

[ dem-uh-goj-ik, -gog-, -goh-jik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.


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Other Word Forms

  • a·Dzi·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of demagogic1

1825–35; < Greek ŧōó, equivalent to ŧō ( ó ) ( demagogue ) + -ikos -ic
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So is demagogic leadership that fuels grievance, anger and scapegoating instead of offering real answers to complex problems.

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And the fact is, Republicans don’t want to forfeit their demagogic prop.

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And I realized that there are millions of people for whom Donald Trump's brand of demagogic politics is normal.

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Trump’s ugly demagogic rants in Michigan, and others like it, deserve to be treated as a national scandal.

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Equally “essential,” it would seem, are demagogic leaders who safeguard their own nations' false memories by ginning up moralistic condemnations of other peoples’ vengeful pathologies.

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