demagoguery
(ˈdɛməgɒgrɪ, -ˌgɒgərɪ)
[f. demagogue n. + -ry, -ery.]
Demagogic practices and arts; demagogism.
| 1866 N.Y. Nation 4 Oct. 271/2 At this period the House wholly abandoned itself to ‘demagoguery’. 1888 Bellamy Looking Backward 84 The demagoguery and corruption of our public men. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl., The now familiar recipe of aggressive demagoguery and muck-raking. 1966 Listener 10 Mar. 338/2 Wherever politicians rely overmuch on demagoguery or on cultivating the mystique of their own personalities, [etc.]. |