demagoguery
/ˌdɛməˈɡɑɡəɹi/noun
demagoguery is spelled D-E-M-A-G-O-G-U-E-R-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, demagoguery means “The actions of a demagogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of demagoguery is demagogueries.
How many letters and syllables are in demagoguery?
| Letters | 11: D-E-M-A-G-O-G-U-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is demagoguery?
Demagoguery appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce demagoguery?
- US /ˌdɛməˈɡɑɡəɹi/
- UK /ˌdɛməˈɡɒɡəɹi/
Demagoguery has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-demagoguery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with demagoguery?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as demagoguery from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡəɹi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of demagoguery
- demagogueries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does demagoguery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The actions of a demagogue.
- 2
Rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Demagoguery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rhetoric:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does demagoguery come from?
From demagogue + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).