demagogue (n.)

1640s, “an unprincipled popular orator or leader; one who seeks to obtain political power by pandering to the prejudices, wishes, ignorance, and passions of the people or a part of them,” ultimately from Greek dēmagōgos “popular leader,” also “leader of the mob,” from dēmos “people, common people” (originally “district,” from PIE *da-mo- “division,” from root *da- “to divide”) + agōgos “leader,” from agein “to lead” (from PIE root *ag- “to drive, draw out or forth, move”).

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