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demagogue
[ dem-uh-gog, -gawg ]
noun
- a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
- (in ancient times) a leader of the people.
verb (used with object)
- to treat or manipulate (a political issue) in the manner of a demagogue; obscure or distort with emotionalism, prejudice, etc.
verb (used without object)
- to speak or act like a demagogue.
demagogue
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noun
- a political agitator who appeals with crude oratory to the prejudice and passions of the mob
- (esp in the ancient world) any popular political leader or orator
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of demagogue1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of demagogue1
Example Sentences
Fascist demagogues always need to rally against an opponent, and Duterte found his in drugs, which he claimed were drowning the country.
Demonization and dehumanization are tried and true tactics of demagogues in every era.
Trump, like other authoritarian populists and demagogues, has no use for the “conventional wisdom†and other norms.
Trump, like other autocrats and demagogues, knows that he must always appear to be doing something, a man of action and destiny, to keep and expand his base of support.
I called him the "demagogue of the spectacle" in my book about his 2016 campaign rhetoric — part authoritarian and part P.T.
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