What is another word for Demagogism?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛmɐɡˌə͡ʊd͡ʒɪzəm] (IPA)

Demagogism refers to a political strategy that involves manipulating the emotions and prejudices of individuals in order to gain support for a particular cause or to gain power. There are several synonyms for demagogism, including demagoguery, populism, exploitation, manipulation, and propaganda. Demagoguery specifically implies that a person is using inflammatory rhetoric and emotional appeals to gain support from a particular audience. Populism refers to a political strategy that appeals to the interests and concerns of ordinary people rather than the elite. Exploitation refers to the act of taking advantage of individuals in order to achieve one's goals. Manipulation refers to the act of influencing and controlling individuals to achieve a particular outcome. Propaganda involves disseminating information that is biased or misleading in order to promote a particular ideology or cause.

What are the hypernyms for Demagogism?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Demagogism

Whatever may have been its effect for the moment, this wordy effusion has long since been assigned to the limbo where are buried other examples of the Demagogism of those trying times.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot
He did not like what he knew of the labor agitator, for such of the latter's utterances and opinions as he had read seemed to be the cheapest kind of Demagogism.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
Then you have the respectabilities also suddenly developing signs of Demagogism, socialism and anarchy.
"Editorials-from-the-Hearst-Newspapers"
Brisbane, Arthur

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