Definition of "demagogic" [dem•a•gog•ic]

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue. (adjective)

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• "Gregg, who supports the legislation, blasted Tancredo's tactics, saying those who take what he called a demagogic approach are using it to raise their own political visibility."
• "This is the Bill Gates claim that can properly be called demagogic."
• "After King's "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington an indignant Sullivan wrote to Hoover the speech was "demagogic" and that "We must mark [King] now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation.""