Definitions
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- noun Demagogue.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
demagogue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
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Examples
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"demagog," students are apt to think, incorrectly, that that spelling is the common "correct"
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Can you say demagog? or banana republic? cause that's where this is heading.
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Those demagog will be plunged into such confusion as they already are and they going to start blamming one another.
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Can you say demagog? or banana republic? cause that's where this is heading.
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Palin is hitting the demagog ball out of the park.
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But we live in a non-U world; just as catalogue and dialogue have been dropping their ue endings, so too will demagogue soon enough be spelled demagog, with its gerund demagoging.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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But we live in a non-U world; just as catalogue and dialogue have been dropping their ue endings, so too will demagogue soon enough be spelled demagog, with its gerund demagoging.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Sú to ľudia, ktorí sa stali korisťou demagog, boli vtiahnutí do učenec je prostredníctvom emotívne vzor odvolania a ľahké obetovať.
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Títo ľudia len zriedka uvedomujú, ako táto ideológia je obetovať alebo sa zapojiť do popretie nad tým, koľko demagog ovplyvniť ich nápady.
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That is my opinion and that I have always thought -- a demagog and a fake.
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