demagogue

Example Sentences

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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.

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 was a speech you might expect from any demagogue.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

Next, Absalom at the gate playing the demagogue, secretly inciting the people to revolt.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix