Definition of "demagoguery" [demagoguery]

• The practices or rhetoric of a demagogue. (noun)

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• "Now, true, Madison was concerned about what -- what he called demagoguery, democratic politics that was violating the rights of property in his state of Virginia and elsewhere."
• "She said sometimes listens to talk radio on her way home from work and is appalled by what she describes as demagoguery that seems designed only to make people angry and fearful."
• "Advances in demagoguery technology make actually buying off the middle obsolete."