What is another word for demagogy?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛmɐɡˌɒɡi] (IPA)

Demagogy is a term that refers to the act of making appeal to popular emotions, prejudices, and passions to gain political power. It has been in use for centuries and is considered a harmful tactic in politics. Instead of using demagogy, one can use synonyms such as propaganda, manipulation, or populism. Propaganda is a word that is often used to describe the act of disseminating information with the aim of promoting a particular perspective or cause. Manipulation refers to the act of controlling or influencing a situation, often covertly, to achieve a desired outcome. Populism, on the other hand, is a political approach that seeks to appeal to the interests and desires of ordinary people.

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Usage examples for Demagogy

The resolutions were perfectly proper in their purpose, but were disfigured by that cheap species of demagogy which consists in denouncing purely supposititious foreign interference, complicated by an allusion to Benton's especial pet terror, the inevitable money power.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
It is probably true that the greatest danger of our future is the peril of classes, and inseparably connected with classes the menace of demagogy.
"The Young Man and the World"
Albert J. Beveridge
By the poverty and ignorance of his people, the Negro minister or doctor was tempted toward quackery and demagogy; and by the criticism of the other world, toward ideals that made him ashamed of his lowly tasks.
"The Souls of Black Folk"
W. E. B. Du Bois

Famous quotes with Demagogy

  • Those who consider the Devil to be a partisan of Evil and angels to be warriors for Good accept the demagogy of the angels. Things are clearly more complicated.
    Milan Kundera
  • The Industrial Revolution, too, failed to introduce a reign of freedom and happiness: it converted the medieval serf into an industrial slave; replaced the feudal baron by the industrial mogul, created in its wake an ever-growing, ever-shifting class of declassés, who had neither pride of ancestry nor love of tradition... The age of machine and competition, of capital, class-struggle, and demagogy was upon man.
    Tobias Dantzig
  • My Socialism is not the same thing as Marxism. My socialism is not class warfare, but order. Whoever images Socialism as a revolt and mass demagogy is not a National Socialist. Revolution is not a game for the masses. Revolution is hard work.
    Hermann Rauschning

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