English-Greek translations for demagogue

• δημαγωγός
  Είναι δημαγωγός, όχι δημοκράτης, και έχει καταστρέψει την οικονομία της Βενεζουέλας. He is a demagogue, not a democrat, and has ruined the Venezuelan economy.
• δημαγωγώ
  Ακόμα και η Επιτροπή πρέπει να αναρωτηθεί γιατί δεν βρήκε το θάρρος να υπερασπιστεί το δημιούργημά της από τις επιθέσεις των δημαγωγών. Even the Commission has to ask itself why it lacked the courage to defend its protégé against the attacks by demagogues.

Definition of demagogue

• A political orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument
• A leader of the people
• To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about in the manner of a demagogue

Related words

• demagog
• demagogy
• demagogic
• demagogism
• demagoguery
• demagogically