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Definitions
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
Word origin
From Middle French démagogue, from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós, “popular leader, mob leader”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”). By surface analysis, dem- + -agogue.
Used in a sentence
“1938, O'Neill, translating The Knights by Aristophanes, 424 BC, lines 191-193, A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.”
“It is true that America has a paranoid streak in its politics, and demagogues come along from time to time to feed on anger and resentment.”
“c. 1938, Maury Maverick, The New York Times, quoted in 1970, Richard B. Henderson, Maury Maverick: A Political Biography, page 183, I never demagogued on our serious questions and stood for civil liberties.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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