different between incite vs demagogue

English

Etymology

Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n.s?t', IPA^(key): /?n?sa?t/

Verb

incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)

1. (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

   The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.

Related terms

• incitement
• inciteful
• incitive

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Further reading

• incite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• incite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• incite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• intice

French

Verb

incite

1. first-person singular present indicative of inciter
2. third-person singular present indicative of inciter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inciter
4. second-person singular imperative of inciter

Portuguese

Verb

incite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of incitar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of incitar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of incitar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of incitar

Spanish

Verb

incite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of incitar.

English

Alternative forms

• demagog

Etymology

From Middle French démagogue, from Ancient Greek ????????? (d?mag?gós, “popular leader, mob leader”), from ????? (dêmos, “people”) + ?????? (ag?gós, “guide”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?m????/, /?d?m????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?m????/

Noun

demagogue (plural demagogues)

1. (derogatory) 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.
   • 1938, O'Neill, translating The Knights by Aristophanes, 424 BC, lines 191-193,

     A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.

   • 1949, S.I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action, p. ix,

     If the majority of our fellow-citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue.

   • 1954, Reinhard Luthin, American Demagogues, p. 3,

     What is a demagogue? He is a politician skilled in oratory, flattery and invective; evasive in discussing vital issues; promising everything to everybody; appealing to the passions rather than the reason of the public; and arousing racial, religious, and class prejudices—a man whose lust for power without recourse to principle leads him to seek to become a master of the masses. He has for centuries practiced his profession of 'man of the people'. He is a product of a political tradition nearly as old as western civilization itself.

   • 2010, Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek,

     It is true that America has a paranoid streak in its politics, and demagogues come along from time to time to feed on anger and resentment.

2. (historical) A leader of the people.

Derived terms

Related terms

• galactagogue
• ochlagogue
• pedagogue
• synagogue

Translations

Verb

demagogue (third-person singular simple present demagogues, present participle demagoguing, simple past and past participle demagogued)

1. (intransitive and transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.
   • c. 1938, Maury Maverick, The New York Times, quoted in 1970, Richard B. Henderson, Maury Maverick: A Political Biography, page 183,

     I never demagogued on our serious questions and stood for civil liberties.

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