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Meanings of demagogue in English
Political orator who panders to the audience's fears and emotions.
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Examples for "demagog"
Examples for "demagog"
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Moreover, the demagog and the corruptionist often work hand in hand.
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Energetic, courageous, and outspoken, Madero had full command of the phraseology of the demagog.
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In both conflicts, Cyril of Alexandria is portrayed as a fanatical rabble-rouser.
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Especially now that you're a politician instead of a rabble-rouser.
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Despite his ardour and bluntness he is not a rabble-rouser.
4
No longer the insurgent, no longer the rabble-rouser, he was the candidate of the Establishment.
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And he teamed up with industry rabble-rouser Bob Lutz to stuff huge engines into lovely cars.
Usage of demagogue in English
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They want borders, barriers; you get the demagogue politics of Donald Trump.
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Browning is simply a great demagogue, with an impediment in his speech.
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As a human being, I've developed a bone-deep loathing of the demagogue.
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Some say that I am a demagogue- Ithinkthat they are wrong.
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No demagogue at that epoch would have spread his nets so wide.
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I consider him to be a mean-minded demagogue of the worst order.
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Are you doing this out of love for this-thisman, this demagogue?
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As if they had run after a demagogue, a traitor, an anti-Jew!
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The successful demagogue must also hint darkly of violence to come.
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But there was more of the statesman than the demagogue in this law.
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Reorganization gives the demagogue his chance; and often his literary lyddite strikes close.
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It is the cry of the demagogue, without the slightest foundation.
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Both the demagogue and his audience felt a craving for the daily stimulant.
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He combined within himself all that is dangerous and detestable in a demagogue.
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They scented possible entertainment when the big boss met the demagogue.
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My dear Corinna, the demagogue is the one everlasting and unalterable American institution.
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