demagogia
Portuguese, noun/de.ma.ɡoˈʒi.ɐ/
demagogia is spelled D-E-M-A-G-O-G-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demagogia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “demagogy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “técnica de argumentação política que se utiliza da semiótica para fugir à racionalização e à análise precisa…”.
What does demagogia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedemagogy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. técnica de argumentação política que se utiliza da semiótica para fugir à racionalização e à análise precisa de um determinado tema ou problema social; é a argumentação política que vem ao encontro das paixões populares, prometendo algo irrealizável
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of demagogia
- demagogias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce demagogia?
- Brazil /de.ma.ɡoˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.mɐ.ɡuˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal [dɨ.mɐ.ɣuˈʒi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to demagogia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is demagogia in Portuguese?
demagogia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).