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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[[Greek]] dēmagōgos, from dēmos people (perhaps akin to Greek daiesthai to divide) + agōgos [[leading]], from agein to lead — more at tide, [[agent]]

[[Greek]] dēmagōgos, from dēmos people (perhaps akin to Greek daiesthai to divide) + agōgos [[leading]], from agein to lead — more at tide, [[agent]]

*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1648]

*Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1648]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : a [[leader]] who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and [[promise]]s in order to gain [[power]]

*1 : a [[leader]] who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and [[promise]]s in order to gain [[power]]

*2 : a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times

*2 : a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times

==Description==

==Description==

A Demagogue is one practicing demagogy (also demagoguery) (Ancient [[Greek]] δημαγωγία, from δῆμος dēmos "people" and ἄγειν agein "to lead") is a [[strategy]] for gaining [[political]] [[power]] by appealing to the prejudices, [[emotions]], [[fear]]s and [[expectation]]s of the [[public]]—typically via im[[passion]]ed [[rhetoric]] and propaganda, and often using nationalist, populist or religious themes. Since its probable first use as a term by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes Aristophanes] in his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire satire] against the demagogue [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleon Cleon], the [[parameters]] of what is and is not demagogy are subject to considerable [[debate]] and [[ambiguity]].

A Demagogue is one practicing demagogy (also demagoguery) (Ancient [[Greek]] δημαγωγία, from δῆμος dēmos "people" and ἄγειν agein "to lead") is a [[strategy]] for gaining [[political]] [[power]] by appealing to the prejudices, [[emotions]], [[fear]]s and [[expectation]]s of the [[public]]—typically via im[[passion]]ed [[rhetoric]] and propaganda, and often using nationalist, populist or religious themes. Since its probable first use as a term by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes Aristophanes] in his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire satire] against the demagogue [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleon Cleon], the [[parameters]] of what is and is not demagogy are subject to considerable [[debate]] and [[ambiguity]].

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Cult of Personality]]'''''

*'''''[[Cult of Personality]]'''''