demagogic, a.
(ˌdɛməˈgɒgɪk, -ˈgɒdʒɪk)
Also -goguic.
[mod. ad. Gr. δηµαγωγικός, f. δηµαγωγός demagogue. So mod.F. démagogique (in Dict. Acad. 1835).]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a demagogue; characteristic of a demagogue.
| 1831 Fraser's Mag. IV. 374 That Spirit which is as far superior to the democratic or demagoguic, as the heavens are to the earth. a 1834 Coleridge Shaks. Notes (1875) 126 Thersites..is the Caliban of demagogic life. 1866 Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. v. 78 He [Solon] gained, without the need of demagogic arts, the affections of the people. |