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单词 demagogy
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demagogyn.

Brit. /ˈdɛməɡɒɡi/, /ˈdɛməɡɒdʒi/, U.S. /ˈdɛməˌɡɑdʒi/, /ˈdɛməˌɡɑɡi/
Etymology: modern < Greek δημαγωγία leadership of the people, abstract noun < δημαγωγός demagogue n.
1. The action or quality of a demagogue.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > rabble-rousing or demagogy
demagogy1655
demagogism1824
demagoguery1866
rabble-rousing1909
hatemongering1917
1655 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme (1656) 197 A consideration of the efficacy of ancient Rhetorick, I will not insist upon Demagogie, so called anciently, though it be the chiefest.
1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 382 This insane demagogy.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlvi. 488 The arts of demagogy were in fact much more cultivated by the oligarchical Kimon.
1880 Daily Tel. 4 Oct. The men least suspected of demagogy, the least revolutionary.
2. The rule of demagogues.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of popular leaders
demagogy1860
1860 Huxley in Darwin's Life & Lett. (1887) II. 284 Despotism and demagogy are not the necessary alternatives of government.
3. A body of demagogues.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader > of the people > body of
demagogy1878
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 156 The defeat..of the greenback demagogy.
1883 Cent. Mag. 570 The economy of an ignorant demagogy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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