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demagogue

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


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The power struggles within a contentious Indian family feed the rise of a demagogue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

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 offered the blueprint of the modern demagogue, a Cassandra-like prophecy of executive overreach and populist fervor.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2025

It is a love of a de facto cult leader and demagogue for his followers who give him narcissistic fuel, their money, adoration, loyalty, time, energy, and perhaps even lives and freedom.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

Humphrey Marshall, a strong Federalist, and a man of great ability, denounced this resolution as the work of a demagogue.

From Famous American Statesmen by Bolton, Sarah Knowles




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