[ adj ] characteristic of or resembling a demagogue <adj.pert> demagogic speeches
Demagogic \Dem`a*gog"ic\, Demagogical \Dem`a*gog"ic*al\, a. [Gr. dhmagwkiko`s: cf. F. d['e]magogique.] Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.
Newspaper editor Adam Michnik, a Mazowiecki ally who has bitterly accused Walesa of demagogic tendencies, promised "loyal" opposition.
Neither has Ms Elizabeth Holtzman, a former congresswomen and New York's current comptroller. Oddly enough the only candidate who has not attacked Ms Ferraro over ethics is the normally demagogic Rev Al Sharpton.
A singularly demagogic portrait of the 1965 Watts riots that left 35 people dead, 30 of them black.
The civil-rights leader describes the Gephardt amendment aimed at exporting nations as demagogic and defeatist, and says it invites retaliation.
It is time Mr Howard abandoned his demagogic policies and imbibed the wisdom of his predecessors.