demagoging
/ˈdɛməˌɡɑɡɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of demagogue: acting like a demagogue; appealing to popular emotions and prejudices in order to gain power or support.
- The politician was demagoging about crime rates to scare voters.
- She accused her opponent of demagoging rather than offering real solutions.
- Instead of debating policy, he spent the whole speech demagoging on the issue of taxes.
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