Usually means: Leader exploiting emotions for power.
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  1. demagog: Merriam-Webster
  2. demagog: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. demagog: Collins English Dictionary
  4. demagog: Vocabulary.com
  5. demagog: Wordnik
  6. demagog: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. demagog: Wiktionary
  8. Demagog, demagog: Dictionary.com
  9. Demagog: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Demagog: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. demagog: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. demagog: Rhymezone
  13. Demagog: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. demagog: FreeDictionary.org
  15. demagog: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. demagog: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. demagog: Legal dictionary

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  1. demagog: Encyclopedia

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  1. demagog: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See demagoging as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Demagog)

noun:  Alternative spelling of demagogue [(derogatory) 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.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of demagogue [(intransitive and transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.]

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