Synonyms for demagogue
ˈdɛm əˌgɒg, -ˌgɔgdem·a·gogue

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1. demagogue, demagog, rabble-rousernoun

   a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

   Synonyms:
   demagog, rabble-rouser

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1. demagoguenoun

   Synonyms:
   ringleader of the populace, factious leader, popular agitator

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1. James Fenimore Cooper:

   The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in poetry, the last in cant. He is as much a visionary on one side, as the extreme theoretical democrat is a visionary on the other.

2. Ryan Lizza:

   As his comments have become more extreme, the mainstream media has been more willing to describe him -- accurately in my view -- as a demagogue, a national security threat, and a racist. But frankly, his racism and demagoguery were apparent from his first speech announcing his candidacy back on June 16.

3. Michael Signer:

   Despite his prior glitzy image, Trump started becoming a demagogue when he started trying to lead a 'silent majority' of furious, mostly white, lower- and middle-class voters, and he really crossed the line when he started doubling down on deceits like the lie about 'thousands' of people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City, countenancing violence, demonizing large swaths of people, and now, casting aside the freedom of religion for Muslims.

4. Vargas Llosa:

   It is a country that is too important for the rest of the world to have in the White House a clown, a demagogue and a racist like Mr Trump.

5. Ron DeSantis:

   Our Department of Education looked at that and said: In Florida, we do education not indoctrination, and so that runs afoul of our standards, we were just the only ones that had the backbone to stand up and do it – because they call you names and they demagogue you when you do it.