demagocracy
English
Alternative forms
- demagogracy, demogogracy
Etymology
demagogue + -cracy
Noun
demagocracy (plural demagocracies)
- Rule by demagogues.
- 1881 October 1, 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[sic] 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, editor, Rousseau and Revolution, page 121:
- According to Tetens, this could never result in democracy, but in the rule of demagogues. i.e. a 'demagocracy'