demagogue
A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by…A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
» He's a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.
Он упрямый и непреклонный демагог.
Значение
значений: 2(пренебрежительное)A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
1938, O'Neill, translating The Knights by Aristophanes, 424 BC, lines 191-193, A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
Demagoge, Demagogin
демаго́гdemagóg
демаго́гdemahóh
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
(историческое)A leader of the people.
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Примеры
предложений: 9He's a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.
Он упрямый и непреклонный демагог. — Smoky
He is a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.
Он упрямый и непреклонный демагог. — Smoky
Berlusconi is more of a demagogue than a democrat.
Берлускони скорее демагог, чем демократ. — odexed
Tom is a demagogue.
Том - демагог. — marafon
ukТом — демагог. — deniko
deTom ist ein Demagoge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You're just a demagogue.
Ты просто демагог. — marafon
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle French démagogue, from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós, “popular leader, moFrom Middle French démagogue, from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós, “popular leader, mob leader”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”). By surface analysis, dem- + -agogue.
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Формы
мн. число: demagoguesСинонимы
синонимов: 2- a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices:demagograbble-rouser