[ noun ] impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace <noun.communication>
Demagogy \Dem"a*gog`y\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]magogie, Gr. dhmagwgi`a leadership of the people.] Demagogism.
Syn: demagoguery. ※
"It's pure demagogy, but it's great politics," he said.
Mrs. Chamorro may be guilty of demagogy, but she at least understands what really makes the anti-Contra Democrats squirm: the fact that they might have to take responsibility for what happens in Central America if the Contras are defeated.
This kind of a war is not purely military; it is the result of a series of circumstances of the past that I believe can be remedied, but not with demagogy, and not by taking from those who have or distributing what others have produced.