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Noun: demagog  'de-mu,góg
Usage: US (elsewhere: demagogue)
  1. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
    "The demagog's inflammatory speeches swayed the crowd";
    - demagogue, rabble-rouser

Derived forms: demagogs

Type of: pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal]

Encyclopedia: Demagog