ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- demagogue (n.)
- 1640s, from Gk. demagogos "popular leader," also "leader of the mob," from demos "people" (see demotic) + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Often a term of disparagement since the time of its first use, in Athens, 5c. B.C.E. Form perhaps influenced by Fr. demagogue (mid-14c.).
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