top | item 39129728 Demagogue 3 points| 3dGrabber | 2 years ago |en.wikipedia.org 2 comments order hn newest amadeuspagel|2 years 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? downboots|2 years 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.
amadeuspagel|2 years 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? downboots|2 years 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.
downboots|2 years 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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