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demagogy

/dem-uh-goh-jee, -gaw-jee, -goj-ee/US // ˈdɛm əˌgoʊ dʒi, -ˌgɔ dʒi, -ˌgɒdʒ i //UK // (ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡɪ) //

蛊惑人心,妖言惑众,哗众取宠,蛊惑性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British. demagoguery.
    • : the character of a demagogue.
    • : a body of demagogues.

Examples

  • Clear away all the demagogy and scare tactics, and Obamacare is, at its core, Romneycare across state lines.

  • "The country became very susceptibly to demagogy," Brzezinski said.

  • The next six years found unhappy Spain delivered up to every excess of demagogy and disorder.

  • But it was not enough to abolish liberty by conjuring up the spectre of demagogy.

  • Besides, atheism fits in very well, whatever Robespierre may have thought, with the general sentiments of the baser demagogy.

  • The minority who have no turn for demagogy are demagogues though they do not like it, and because they are forced by necessity.

  • Sir Edward Carson's speeches in Ulster, indeed, are the most extreme instances of demagogy we have had in recent years.