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demagogic

[dem-uh-goj-ik, -gog-, -goh-jik] / ˌdɛm əˈgɒdʒ ɪk, -ˈgɒg-, -ˈgoʊ dʒɪk /




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Oedipus sees himself as an answer to the demagogic manipulation that has wrought havoc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

To suggest any connection between the war in Vietnam and the condition of Black citizens at home, according to Life, was little more than "demagogic slander."

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021

The story of Coughlin, the demagogic radio priest who dominated American airwaves during the Great Depression, offers an intriguing analog-age precedent to the digital-age debates over the limits of free expression.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021

As a Virginia planter, Washington might have sympathized with Madison and Jefferson, but he shared the Federalists' love of order and increasingly distrusted Republicans as demagogic and irresponsible.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

The only really soldierly thing done at this time was by the "political General,"—the erratic, demagogic, trumpet-sounding "Jim" Lane.

From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy


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