demagogue
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demagogue englanniksi
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.
1938, O'Neill, translating The Knights|''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.
{{quote-book|en|year=1949|author=S.I. Hayakawa|title=Language in Thought and Action|page=ix
{{quote-text|en|year=1954|author=Reinhard Luthin|title=American Demagogues|page=3
{{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Evan Thomas|title=Why It’s Time to Worry Newsweek|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html
To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.
(circa), Maverick|Maury Maverick, ''New York Times|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.
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