单词 | demagogy |
释义 | demagogyn. 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). < n.1655 |
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