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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demagogue /ˈdɛməgɒg/
▶noun
- 1 a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.
- 2 (in ancient Greece and Rome) an orator who espoused the cause of the common people.
– derivatives
demagogic /-ˈgɒgɪk/ adjective,
demagoguery /-ˈgɒg(ə)ri/ noun,
demagogy noun.
demagogic /-ˈgɒgɪk/ adjective,
demagoguery /-ˈgɒg(ə)ri/ noun,
demagogy noun.
– origin C17: from Gk dēmagōgos, from dēmos ‘the people’ + agōgos ‘leading’.
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