Word for the day (week, month, year): DEMAGOGUE. Learn its meaning and use it when appropriate (often).

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demagogue in American English
(ˈdɛməˌgɑg ; ˌdɛməˌgɔg ) or ˈdemaˌgog (ˈdɛməˌgɑg ; ˌdɛməˌgɔg )
noun
1. Obsolete
a leader of the common people
2. 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

The "silver-tongued demagogues" decrying corporate greed thus wrote rules in a way that creates a loophole for it.
Wall Street Journal (2023)
Surely our friends and neighbors won't believe unscrupulous demagogues.
Wall Street Journal (2022)
In how many years might an outside military have to intervene if demagogues and kleptocrats come to power?
Wall Street Journal (2025)
It's hard to believe so much hand-wringing and pearl-clutching followed the death of a morally bankrupt demagogue.
Everyone with sense (NOW)


So many journos can't decide how to refer to Charlie Kirk -- "influencer", "podcaster", "political activist", "media personality" -- the word they are looking for is DEMAGOGUE, and in the worst sense.