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. • Politician

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1. demagoguenoun

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

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1. Aishwarya Shekara:

   I'm here because Trump stands for everything I don't, he's the definition of a demagogue.

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. Lopez Obrador:

   Anaya is a little bum demagogue.

4. Ted Cruz:

   Despite Senate Democrats ’ best efforts to demagogue this nomination, they will be unsuccessful, as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I look forward to supporting Patrick Leahy nomination, and am confident that Senate Judiciary Committee will move swiftly to confirm Judge Kavanaugh in the coming months.

5. 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.