demagogue

demagogue englannista suomeksi

1. demagogi

0. Substantiivi

1. kansanjohtaja

2. demagogi, kansankiihottaja, palopuhuja

2. Verbi

3. paasata

demagogue englanniksi

1. A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

2. 1938, O'Neill, translating The Knights|''The Knights'' by Aristophanes, 424 BC, lines 191-193,

A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1949|author=S.I. Hayakawa|title=Language in Thought and Action|page=ix

4. {{quote-text|en|year=1954|author=Reinhard Luthin|title=American Demagogues|page=3

5. {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Evan Thomas|title=Why It’s Time to Worry Newsweek|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html

6. A leader of the people.

7. To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.

8. (circa), Maverick|Maury Maverick, ''New York Times|The New York Times'', quoted in 1970, Richard B. Henderson, ''Maury Maverick: A Political Biography'', page 183,

I never demagogued on our serious questions and stood for civil liberties.

9. (quote-text)