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Demagogue

A demagogue (/ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡ/; from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós) 'popular leader, mob leader'; from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, populace' and ἀγωγός (agōgós) 'leading, guiding'), or rabble-rouser, is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through oratory that whips up the…

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related to Folksy posturing · 30
Demagogue → Alfalfa Bill, Anyone, Boston, Cotton Ed, Curley, Demagogues, Ellison, Eugene Talmadge, Ferguson, Georgia, His, In, James, Lee O'Daniel, Ma, Miriam, Murray, On, Our Jim, Pa
related to Personal insults and ridicule · 30
Demagogue → Anton Cermak, Chicago, Fashion, For, He, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr, Huey Long, James Curley, James Kimble Vardaman, Joe McCarthy, Joseph, Little Boy Blue, Many, Mississippi, Old Feather Duster, Pitchfork Ben, President Grover Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt, Ransdell, Republican
related to Attacking the news media · 22
Demagogue → Alfalfa Bill, American, At, Because, Communist, Daily Oklahoman, Huey Long, Item, Joe McCarthy, Kremlin, Louis Post-Dispatch, Murray, New Orleans Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York Post, Oklahoma, Picayune, Some, St, The Christian Science Monitor
related to Fearmongering · 17
Demagogue → After, After Democrats, Bill Clinton, Congress, Democrats, Donald Trump, Fear, He, Many, Pitchfork Ben, September, South Carolina, The Clinton, Tillman, Tillman's, United States, When
related to Scapegoating · 17
Demagogue → Americans, California, Chinese, Christians/etc, Denis Kearney, Fixing, For, Germans, Germany's, Hitler, Jews, McCarthy, The, They, This, We, World War
related to Establishing one-man rule, subverting the rule of law · 14
Demagogue → Consolidation, Early, Enabling Act, February, For, He, Hitler, In, January, March, Nazism, On March, Reichstag, Reichstag Fire Decree
related to history · 13
Demagogue → Accession, Athenian, Athens, Demagogues, England, Even, Greece, James Fenimore Cooper, James II, On Demagogues, The History, Thomas Macaulay, While
related to Lying · 13
Demagogue → Communist, Communist Party, Communists, Demagogues, If, Joseph McCarthy, McCarthy, Other, Secretary, State, State Department, Then, When
related to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyalty · 12
Demagogue → At, Athens, Cleon, Communism, Distracting, Gilbert, I'm, It, Joe McCarthy, Mytilene, Mytilenian Debate, To
related to Appointing unqualified lackeys to high office · 11
Demagogue → Alfalfa Bill, Demagogues, During, For, Just, Murray, Murray's, Once, State Auditor, State House, When

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the rule of lawinstance ofby exciting the passions of the lower classes and less-educated people in a democracy toward rash or violent action and breaking established democratic institutions0.80text
Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyCleon0.60section
Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyAthens0.60section
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Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyMytilenian Debate0.60section
Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyMytilene0.60section
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Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyDistracting0.60section
Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyJoe McCarthy0.60section
Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyGilbert0.60section
Demagoguerelated to Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyaltyI'm0.60section

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