demagogue
noun
a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
demagog
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a variation of
demagogue.
Example Sentences
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Senator Long may be mocked as a cheap demagog by the nation-at-large and his popularity with Louisiana voters may be on the wane, but at Baton Rouge he is still an autocrat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jugoslavs of national consciousness believe, however, that Stefan Raditch, whom they deem a demagog, was a pernicious influence, obstructing the eventual union of the Serbs, Croats and other South Slavian peoples.
From Time Magazine Archive
Subsequent dispatches proved Pilsudski no demagog anxious to become a dictator.
From Time Magazine Archive
Zaghlul is 77 years old and is not the demagog leader of the people that he was a few years ago, when he was fighting politically against England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suppose they were to elect to office some wild and reckless demagog... take, for instance, that ruffian you were telling us about... down there on the Bowery...
From Prince Hagen by Upton Sinclair
