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demagoged
Variant of demagogue
or demagog
noun
- Obsolete a leader of the common people
- a person who tries to stir up the people by appeals to emotion, prejudice, etc. in order to win them over quickly and so gain power
intransitive verb demagogued or demagoged, demagoguing or demagoging
to behave as a demagogue
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