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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 [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]].
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