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    DEMAGOGY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populaceplay

    Synonyms:

    demagoguery; demagogy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    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)

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