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Instead, following the example of another great Latin American demagogue, ... The ancient Greek word "demagogos" means simply a spokesman for the people or, more pejoratively, a leader of the mob. Modern usage implies rhetorical gifts and the ability to arouse an audience, usually with the promise of radical measures.
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demagogue: In the Greek world, a demagogue was a leader who obtained power by persuading people rather than by inheriting power from an ancestor. Such a leader was considered illegitimate by members of noble families, but in Greek history, a demagogue was not necessarily a bad ruler.
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Michael Flower is Senior Research Scholar at Princeton University and editor, in collaboration with John Marincola, of Herodotus, Histories, Book IX, author of Theopompus of Chios: History and Rhetoric in the Fourth Century B.C., and editor, with Mark Toher, of Georgica: Greek Studies in Honour of George Cawkwell.
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[Greek d mag gos, popular leader : d mos, people; see d - in Indo-European roots + ag gos, leading (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots).] ... Usage Note: Among the nouns that the Usage Panel is loath to see used as a verb is demagogue, meaning "to speak about something in the manner of a demagogue."
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Demagogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demagogy (also demagoguery ) (Ancient Greek δημαγωγία, from dēmos "people" and agein "to lead") is a strategy for gaining political power by appealing to the prejudices, emotions, fears and exp...
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