demagogue
/ˈdɛməˌɡɑɡ/
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices
demagogue in a sentence
“The demagogue stirred up the crowd with inflammatory rhetoric.”
Origin of demagogue
Greek dēmagōgos from dēmos people + agōgos leading
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