demagogue (n.) is, in all respects, a man of intrigue and deception, of sly cunning and management, calling blackguards gentlemen, and acting in corners.

James Fenimore Cooper on Demagogue

demagogue

Latham's A Dictionary of the English Language, a re-print of Doctor Johnson's sweeping version from 1755, defines 'demagogue' as 'ringleader of the rabble' but also, secondarily, as a 'popular and factious orator.'

is always more patriotic than the President.

A demagogue is always more patriotic than the President.

appeals to an audience's greed, fear, and hatred.

as someone who 'appeals to greed, fear, and hatred' (Safire 163),

is never interested in serious discussion of the issues.

Political pagentry. As has been mentioned throughout this review,demagogues tend not to be interested in serious discussion of issues. Instead, they are inclined to offer personal appeals and emotion.

is primarily motivated by selfish interest and personal gain.

while Johannesen concludes that the demagogue's 'primary motive is selfish interest and personal gain' (76). Johannesen, Richard L. Ethics in Human Communication., 1978.

appeals to passions and prejudices rather than to reason.

The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him, a man who acts in corners, and avoids open and manly expositions of his course, calls blackguards gentlemen, and gentlemen folks, appeals to passions and prejudices rather than to reason, and is in all respects, a man of intrigue and deception, of sly cunning and management.

Adolf Hitler

crowd

loudspeaker

scapegoat

tyranny

statesman

Calvin Coolidge

charisma

populism

Demagogy

agitator

Andrew Jackson

Huey Long

Joe McCarthy

orator

authoritarian

dictator

infuriated

boss

chair

chief

commander

despot

director

emperor

executive

founder

general

good leader

guide

head

king

Martin Luther King Jr.

master

mayor

Mohandas K. Gandhi

pilot

pioneer

pope

president

Prime Minister

queen

rabbi

scoutmaster

sovereign

strongman

thought leader

Tsar

visionary

propaganda

rhetoric

tsar

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Abraham Lincoln

Adam Hamilton

Aden Duale

Adlai Stevenson

Ajit Pai

Al Gore

Alberto Nunez Feijoo

alderman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Yang

Andy Burnham

Angela Merkel

Anthony Eden

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Barack Obama

Ben Carson

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Netanyahu

Bennie Thompson

Bernie Sanders

Betsy Devos

Bill Clinton

Bill Lee

Bob Dole

Boris Johnson

Carles Puigdemont

Carlos Bolsonaro

Charles Sumner

Chester A. Arthur

Chris Christie

Chris Murphy

Chuck Schumer

Condoleezza Rice

congressman

consensus politician

Dan Quayle

Daniel Webster

Dick Cheney

Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Trump

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Edmund Burke

Edouard Geffray

Eduardo Paes

Colin Powell

Elizabeth Warren

Emmanuel Macron

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Gavin Newsom

George W. Bush

Hillary Clinton

honest politician

Jacinda Ardern

Jimmy Carter

Joe Biden

John F. Kennedy

John Kerry

John McCain

Justin Trudeau

Kamala Harris

Kevin McCarthy

Mahatma Gandhi

Marco Rubio

Margaret Thatcher

Mike Pence

Mitch McConnell

Nancy Pelosi

Narendra Modi

Nelson Mandela

Nikki Haley

Olaf Scholz

Pete Buttigieg

Rishi Sunak

Ron DeSantis

Ronald Reagan

Sarah Palin

Ted Cruz

Tony Blair

us president

vice president

Vladimir Putin

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Winston Churchill

Xi Jinping

is, in all respects, a man of intrigue and deception, of sly cunning and management, calling blackguards gentlemen, and acting in corners.

is a great stickler for equality as respects all above him.

acts in corners, and avoids open and manly exposition of his course.

is a man who calls blackguards gentlemen, and gentlemen.

is a man who in all respects is a man of intrigue and deception, of sly cunning and management.

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