Demagogue

(noun.) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.

编辑:诺拉

• The word demagogue has been frightfully maltreated in late years, but surely here is its real meaning--to flatter the people by telling them that their failures are somebody else's fault. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Mr. Jones wrote a full and particular account of the dinner, which appeared duly in the Demagogue. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He lived and died a poor man; he was perhaps the most honest of demagogues; but this did not save him from an abortive prosecution for peculation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

整理:凯蒂