EGAVE

demagogue

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
  2. noun A leader of the people.
  3. verb To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.

Similar words

rabble-rouser demagog politico dogmatizer ideologizer sadopopulist panicmonger fearmonger do-gooder attack dog

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Word family

demagog demagoged demagogies demagoging demagogs demagogued demagogueries demagoguery demagogues demagoguing

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