103,025
edits
Changes
Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame ==Etymology== Greek dēmagōgos, from dēmos people (perhaps akin to Greek daiesthai to divide) + agōgos [[lead...'
[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Demagogue2.jpg|right|frame]]
==Etymology==
[[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]
==Definitions==
*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
==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]].
[[Category: Politics]]
==Etymology==
[[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]
==Definitions==
*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
==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]].
[[Category: Politics]]