demagogue

Etymology
From, from , from +. .

Noun

 * 1)  A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
 * 2) * 1938, O'Neill, translating The Knights by Aristophanes, 424 BC, lines 191-193,
 * A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
 * 1)  A leader of the people.
 * 1)  A leader of the people.
 * 1)  A leader of the people.
 * 1)  A leader of the people.

Derived terms

 * demagogracy
 * demagogracy
 * demagogracy
 * demagogracy

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish: demagog
 * Dutch:, volksleider
 * Finnish: kansanjohtaja
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δημαγωγός
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: folkeleder
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannard gràisge
 * Swedish: folkledare


 * Arabic: زَعِيم الدهماء, دَهْمَاوِيّ
 * Azerbaijani: demaqoq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 煽動者
 * Czech:
 * Danish: demagog, folkeforfører
 * Dutch:, , volksopruier
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: demagoog
 * Finnish:, kansankiihottaja, palopuhuja
 * French:
 * Galician: demagogo, demagoga
 * Georgian: დემაგოგი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δημαγωγός
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 선동 정치가, 군중 지도자
 * Macedonian: демаго́г
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: demagog
 * Nynorsk: demagog
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, demagogă
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannard gràisge
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ผู้นำฝูงชน
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: демаго́г
 * Vietnamese: nịnh dân, người mị dân

Verb

 * 1)  To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.
 * 2) * c. 1938, Maury Maverick, The New York Times, quoted in 1970, Richard B. Henderson, Maury Maverick: A Political Biography, page 183,
 * I never demagogued on our serious questions and stood for civil liberties.

Translations

 * Dutch: volksmennen, demagogie bedrijven, demagogie gebruiken
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: