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Bookmark or Share- DEMAGOGUE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarya person, especially a political leader, who wins support by exciting the emotions of ordinary people rather than by having good or morally right ideas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Speakers & talkers. caller. commentator. conversationalist. debater. demagogic. demagogically.
- Demagogue Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websternoun. dem· a· gogue ˈde-mə-ˌgäg. variants or less commonly demagog. Synonyms of demagogue. 1. : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power. 2. : a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times. demagoguery.
- Demagogue - WikipediaA demagogue ( / ˈdɛməɡɒɡ /; from Greek δημαγωγός, a popular leader, a leader of a mob, from δῆμος, people, populace, the commons + ἀγωγός leading, leader), [1] or rabble-rouser, [2] [3] is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through oratory that whips up the passions of ...
- DEMAGOGUE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. 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. demagogue. A politician who seeks to win and hold office by appeals to mass prejudice. Demagogues often use lies and distortion.
- Opinion: Why demagogues were the Founding Fathers’ greatest fearIn the surviving records of the speeches given at the Constitutional Convention, the word “demagogue” was used 21 times by the framers as they crafted the Constitution’s essential checks and...
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