What does "demagogic" mean?

Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.

Demagogic

Common synonyms include: demagogical, inflammatory, manipulative, mobbish, populist, propagandistic.

adj

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.
"Politicians knew that the law [barring HIV-positive immigrants] would do nothing to stop the spread of AIDS, and that medical experts agreed the law would actually facilitate it. But politicians did know a cheap and demagogic way to "do something" about AIDS."

Adjective

"Countries which don't follow the instructions of the United States aren't legal states – at least according to demagogic rhetoric."

Borrowed from French démagogique, equivalent to demagogue + -ic.