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Demagogue
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3 points
by
3dGrabber
880 days ago
1 comments
amadeuspagel
880 days ago
It's curious that a word literally meaning "leader of the people" has a such negative connotation while democracy, which literally means "rule by the people" has such a positive one. How can there be a democracy without demagogues?
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downboots
880 days ago
Perhaps a tangent: If there is a dataset of word connotations vs word meaning closeness, this can be extended to find other language inconsistencies.
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