demagogue
Example Sentences
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The power struggles within a contentious Indian family feed the rise of a demagogue.
The story relates Laxman’s making as a demagogue, dwelling on the years in which he used his extended family as a kind of training ground for his megalomania.
After Pericles’ death from plague in 429 B.C., rhetorical and political authority is seized by Cleon, an upstart demagogue who is the “most violent person in Athens” and “the most persuasive.”
Mr. Johnson understands that a demagogue must be as entertaining as he is monstrous.
He said the corporation was "the best defence of truth and trust against the lies of dictators and demagogues".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
