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demagogue

[dem-uh-gog, -gawg] / ˈdɛm əˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg /


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Mr. Johnson understands that a demagogue must be as entertaining as he is monstrous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

But he also turned on his vice-president, reposting a comment on X in which she was labelled a "traitor, a demagogue and stupid in economic terms".

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

Washington, who transitioned seamlessly from general to president and back to private citizen, could easily imagine a demagogue giving in to the perilous temptation to use martial power as a political cudgel.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2025

It was a speech you might expect from any demagogue.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

Wilkes, the pleasant, worthless demagogue, who was afterwards to cause so much trouble, had petitioned against the return of Delaval, the sitting member for Berwick.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose




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