'Demagogue' definitions:
Definition of 'demagogue'
(from WordNet)
noun
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices [syn: demagogue, demagog, rabble-rouser]
Definition of 'Demagogue'
From: GCIDE
- Demagogue \Dem"a*gogue\ (?; 115), n. [Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; dh^mos the people + 'agwgo`s leading, fr. 'a`gein to lead; akin to E. act: cf. F. d['e]magogue.] A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demagogue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent provocateur,
- agitator,
- agitprop,
- catalyst,
- debate,
- debater,
- declaim,
- declaimer,
- elocute,
- exciter,
- firebrand,
- fomenter,
- harangue,
- haranguer,
- hold forth,
- hothead,
- incendiary,
- inciter,
- inflamer,
- instigator,
- jawsmith,
- mischief-maker,
- mouth,
- orate,
- out-herod Herod,
- panelist,
- perorate,
- provocateur,
- provoker,
- public speaker,
- rabble-rouse,
- rabble-rouser,
- rant,
- ranter,
- read,
- recite,
- ringleader,
- rodomontade,
- rouser,
- seditionary,
- seditionist,
- speaker,
- speecher,
- speechifier,
- speechmaker,
- spiel,
- spieler,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- spout,
- spouter,
- talker,
- troublemaker,
- tub-thump,
- tub-thumper,
- urger