Meaning of DEMAGOGUE
| Pronunciation: | | 'demu`gog
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| | Definition: | | [n] an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience |
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| | Synonyms: | | demagog, rabble-rouser |
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| | See Also: | | orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dem"a*gogue\ (?; 115), n. [Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular
leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; dh^mos
the people + 'agwgo`s leading, fr. 'a`gein to lead; akin to
E. act: cf. F. d['e]magogue.]
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | agent provocateur, agitator, agitprop, catalyst, debate, debater, declaim, declaimer, elocute, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, harangue, haranguer, hold forth, hothead, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, jawsmith, mischief-maker, mouth, orate, out-herod Herod, panelist, perorate, provocateur, provoker, public speaker, rabble-rouse, rabble-rouser, rant, ranter, read, recite, ringleader, rodomontade, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spiel, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spout, spouter, talker, troublemaker, tub-thump, tub-thumper, urger |
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