Synonyms for demagogue
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dem-uh-gog, -gawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛm əˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg |
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Définition of demagogue
Origin :- 1640s, from Greek demagogos "popular leader," also "leader of the mob," from demos "people" (see demotic) + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Often a term of disparagement since the time of its first use, in Athens, 5c. B.C.E. Form perhaps influenced by French demagogue (mid-14c.).
- noun agitating person
- And here the demagogue arose and bade her shirk no issue, even the red flag.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- The contemptible beast was inspired, as a politician is, a demagogue.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- The constituency of the grog seller is the ready made tool of the demagogue.
- Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
- No one would have the United States play the role of a bully, or enact the demagogue.
- Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
- Like any other demagogue, he gains attention by his blusterings.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various
- His merits as a demagogue and political writer are undeniable.
- Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein
- And you are a demagogue, and a demigod, and a Jew, and a Mephisto!
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard
- Genêt, the French demagogue, was sowing sedition everywhere.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Pittsburgh » by Samuel Harden Church
- He is a demagogue, stirring up the wild-beast passions of the people.
- Extract from : « Theft » by Jack London
- Are you doing this out of love for this—this man, this demagogue?
- Extract from : « Theft » by Jack London
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