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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He is neither a demagog nor a reactionary.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was soon lost until someone screeched "Here's Father Coughlin" and catapulted Detroit's famed radio demagog through a door.
From Time Magazine Archive
Naturally Commander James E. Van Zandt of the VFW had as his field generals in the Senate not only the loudest inflationist, Elmer Thomas, but the loudest demagog, Huey Long.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two villains, Claude Claptrap, a popular demagog, and J. Gordon Slugg, financier, have emerged to harass Annie's foster-parent, Daddy Warbucks, who continues to be a model of industrious honesty.
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
