noun
Meaning 1
Rule by demagogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
demagogy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛməˌɡɒd͡ʒi/
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General-American: /ˈdɛməˌɡɑɡi/
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General-American: /ˈdɛməˌɡɑd͡ʒi/
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noun
Meaning 2
A polity ruled by a demagogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The quality of being a demagogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demagoguery, demagogism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The actions of a demagogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demagoguery, demagogism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demagoguery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entreaty, prayer, appeal
Narrower terms: flag waving, jingoism
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημαγωγία (dēmagōgía). By surface analysis, demagogue + y.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: demagogji — demagogism
- Arabic: دَهْمَاوِيَّة (dahmāwiyya) — demagogism
- Arabic: دِيمَاغُوجِيَّة (dīmāḡūjiyya) — demagogism
- Arabic: غَوْغَائِيَّة (ḡawḡāʔiyya) — demagogism
- Belarusian: дэмаго́гія (demahóhija) — demagogism
- Catalan: demagògia — demagogism
- Czech: demagogie — demagogism
- Danish: demagogi — demagogism
- Dutch: demagogie — demagogism
- Estonian: demagoogia — demagogism
- Finnish: demagogia — demagogism
- French: démagogie — demagogism
- Galician: demagoxia — demagogism
- German: Demagogie — demagogism
- Greek: δημαγωγία (dimagogía) — demagogism
- Hungarian: demagógia — demagogism
- Hungarian: népcsalás — demagogism
- Italian: demagogia — demagogism
- Japanese: 扇動 (sendō) — demagogism
- Japanese: デマ (dema) — demagogism
- Latvian: demagoģija — demagogism
- Polish: demagogia — demagogism
- Portuguese: demagogia — demagogism
- Romanian: demagogie — demagogism
- Russian: демаго́гия (demagógija) — demagogism
- Spanish: demagogia — demagogism
- Swedish: demagogi — demagogism
- Ukrainian: демаго́гія (demahóhija) — demagogism