demagocracy

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Etymology

From demagogue +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

Noun

demagocracy (plural demagocracies)

  1. Rule by demagogues.
    • 1881 October, D. D. Whedon, editor, The Methodist Review, page 790:
      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
    • 1959, H. G. Coulter, Time for Rebellion: A Play and Preface, page 14:
      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.
    • 1963, Ruth Thomas McVey, Indonesia, page 314:
      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.
    • 1964, The journal of Asian studies, volume 24, page 309:
      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 fear '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:
      According to Tetens, this could never result in democracy, but in the rule of demagogues. i.e. a 'demagocracy'
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