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demagogic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Adjective

demagogic (comparative more demagogic, superlative most demagogic)

• Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.
  • ✤ Politicians knew that the law [barring HIV-positive immigrants] would do nothing to stop the spread of AIDS, and that medical experts agreed the law would actually facilitate it. But politicians did know a cheap and demagogic way to “do something” about AIDS.¹
  • ✤ The desire for politicians who are sincere explains not only the strategic value of demagoguery (and hence the campaign choices of candidates like Trump who may not in fact believe their own demagogic bombast).²

Etymology

Borrowed from French démagogique, equivalent to demagogue +‎ -ic.

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Footnotes

1. 1990 February 4, Jorge Cortiñas, “Selling Out Immigrants”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 10: ↩

2. 2015 October 12, Jason Stanley, “Democracy and the Demagogue”, in The New York Times ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

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