demagogue
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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
The mightiest of Vought’s ultra-marketed superstars, Homelander, played by Antony Starr, is believed by many in the world of “The Boys” to be America’s greatest hero; in reality, he’s an oversensitive, egotistical demagogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
Washington offered the blueprint of the modern demagogue, a Cassandra-like prophecy of executive overreach and populist fervor.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2025
Ryerson was neither a demagogue nor a constitutionalist.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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