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Definition of Demagogue
1. Noun. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.
Definition of Demagogue
1. n. A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.
Definition of Demagogue
1. Noun. (pejorative) An orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) A leader of the people. ¹
3. Verb. To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demagogue
1. [v -GOGUED, -GOGUING, -GOGUES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demagogue
Literary usage of Demagogue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty-one Tales (1915)
"THE demagogue AND THE DEMI-MONDE A demagogue and a demi-mon- daine chanced ...
"Because," said the demagogue, "I stood for those principles that have made ..."
2. The United States and the War ; The Mission to Russia ; Political Addresses by Elihu Root, Robert Bacon, James Brown Scott (1918)
"THE demagogue IN POLITICS ADDRESS OF THE SECRETARY OP STATE IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1906.
UTICA, NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 1. 1906 A demagogue is one who for selfish ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"The demagogue. A Comedy in Five Acts. Printed by Stephen Goggin. BT a young man,
we understand. But although bearing marks of juvenility, such as sometimes ..."
4. Essays and selections by Basil Montagu (1837)
"There are, however, certain tests by which the demagogue may be known. ...
The demagogue has neither hearth nor household god : he wanders to and fro; ..."
5. Problems in Greek History by John Pentland Mahaffy (1892)
"Such arguments produce violences instead of legal decisions ; the demagogue
becomes a tyrant over the richer classes ; the public safety is postponed to ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Prepare, ye listening senates, to obey ! The idol of the mob, behold him stand,
The alpha and omega of the land ! Methinks I hear the bellowing demagogue ..."
7. Poems and Inscriptions: English Poetry of To-day Against an American Background by Richard Watson Gilder, Gilliss Press, Cornelius Weygandt (1901)
"... THE demagogue ALL mouth, no mind; a mindless mouth, in sooth; He does not bend
his strength to seek the truth, But, shrewdly guessing what may take the ..."
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