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demagocracy en · NOUN

Etymology

From demagogue + -cracy.

Meanings

1. Rule by demagogues.
   • The demagocracy, (an uncouth term for a very uncouth thing,) first in this row of fated destiny, against which the Civil-service Reform Association is forming its ranks, is happily the easiest to overcome 1881 October 14, D. D. Whedon, editor, The Methodist Review, page 790:
   • According to Tetens, this could never result in democracy, but in the rule of demagogues. i.e. a 'demagocracy' 2011, Bertel Nygaard, “Rousseau and Revolution in the Making of a Modern Political Culture: Denmark 1750-1850”, in Holger Ross Lauritsen, Mikkel Thorup, editors, Rousseau and Revolution, page 121:
   • To these men , concerned with the dangers of anarchy and “demagocracy,” constitutional democracy was attractive in that it combined the principle of popular sovereignty with a concentration on legality. 1963, Ruth Thomas McVey, Indonesia, page 314:
   • I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' ) 1964, The journal of Asian studies, volume 24, page 309:
   • The simians would require no special orientation courses to teach them the reasons for fighting, such as, “To make the world safe for Demagocracy,” or whatnot. 1959, H. G. Coulter, Time for Rebellion: A Play and Preface, page 14:

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