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Visit Videoprofessor.com for a FREE CD-ROM Computer Lesson! Windows XP, Word, Quicken, Excel, Access, & More! http://psstt.com/1/c/62072/38708/166838/166838 <a href="http://psstt.com/1/c/62072/38708/166838/166838"< AOL users click here </a< \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/ Word of the Day for Saturday April 6, 2002: demagogue \DEM-uh-gog\, noun: 1. A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace. 2. A leader of the common people in ancient times. This was to have held a sculpture of a Roman charioteer driving four horses, but the work was never completed, leaving behind what looks like a diving board or a futurist balcony, ideally suited for a demagogue exhorting a throng below. --Michael Z. Wise, "A Fascist Utopia Adapted for Today," [1]New York Times, July 11, 1999 A consummate demagogue, McCarthy played upon cold war emotions and made charges so fantastic that frightened people believed the worst. --Arthur Herman, Joseph McCarthy: Reexaming the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator Even when he showed his true colors as a demagogue and trickster, Stalin did so in such a crisp and weighty, confidence-inspiring manner that he bewitched not only his conversational partner but himself as well. --Milovan Djilase, Fall of the New Class: A History of Communism's Self-Destruction _________________________________________________________ Demagogue derives from Greek demagogos, "a leader of the people," from demos, "the people" + agogos, "leading, one who leads," from agein, "to lead." References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
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