What does demagogic mean?
Definitions for demagogic
ˌdɛm əˈgɒdʒ ɪk, -ˈgɒg-, -ˈgoʊ dʒɪkdem·a·gog·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
demagogic, demagogicaladjective
characteristic of or resembling a demagogue
"demagogic speeches"
Wiktionary
demagogicadjective
of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.
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demagogic
Demagogic refers to being characteristic of a demagogue, which is a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the prejudices, desires, and emotions of ordinary people rather than using rational arguments. It often involves the use of manipulative rhetoric or tactics.
Webster Dictionary
Demagogicadjective
alt. of Demagogical
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of demagogic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of demagogic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of demagogic in a Sentence
Its clear that Rep. Ratcliffe was selected because Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe exhibited blind loyalty to President Trump with Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe demagogic questioning of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, if Senate Republicans elevate such a partisan player to a position that requires intelligence expertise and non-partisanship, it would be a big mistake.
Anyone who cares an iota about religious liberty should denounce this reckless, demagogic rhetoric, the government should close the borders to anyone suspected of even a passing involvement with any radical cell or terrorist network. But the government should not penalize law-abiding people, especially those who are American citizens, for holding their religious convictions.
It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the exercise of loving care; government was built for the use of force and for necessarily demagogic appeals for votes. If individuals do not know their own interests in many cases, they are free to turn to private experts for guidance. It is absurd to say that they will be served better by a coercive, demagogic apparatus.
There is a difference between demagogues and demagogic behavior, everything he has been doing has been at the level of him benefiting from controversy. There's a propagandistic element to it. He knows how to outrage people for his own benefit, and he's done that his whole career.
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.
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