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demagogue

Short Definition : person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery

Definition
(noun) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
Synonyms : demagog rabble-rouser
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demo(means people) agogue (means leading ) so it adds up to leading people in a wrong way... syn:rable rouser

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democracy+agog-an agog man leading democracy will only try to win peoples support by using unreasonable and emotional arguments

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opposite od PEDAGOGUE(teaching)

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Something to do with DEMocracy wherein Political leaders and people are found. Also DEMography-study of population wherein people are considered

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in DEMOCRACY people ARGUE upon issues....this reults in leaders provoking people and false promises (false leadership)

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A leader formed by democratic glue,who form a mist in people mind without knowing depth knowledge about it.

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: demo+agog—in democracy demo means people, agog means highly excited and curious People who are excited and provoked by a leader

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Democracy me jo Lalu jaise leader hain

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demagogue=demag(mind)+gue(stool) demag mee gue bharahuwa neta ne desh ko false leading kardiya

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demean

Short Definition : disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave

Definition
(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Example Sentence
  • She tends to put down younger women colleagues
  • His critics took him down after the lecture
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it could be interfered as we are 'de'creasing the 'mean'ing of something

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demean-> the(de) Mean folks are humiliated and degraded.

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when u are a MEAN person u try to degrade others..

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mean mens cunning selfish where as DEMEAN which is opposite to MEAN that is humble shy person

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When u r mean to anyone, u ll try to humilate or degrade him.

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what do you mean, Y are you talking bad about me.

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daman was so mean that he humiliated me in front of class

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The meaning is bad about him

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remember Miss.demeanor (american music) who is perhaps a rapper, she is perhaps so mean to every one

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demeanor

Short Definition : behavior; bearing

Definition
(noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
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demeanor === The manner ?

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focus on the word..de + MEAN + or..so think of someone who IS VERY MEAN IN HIS BEHAVIOUR.

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daemon >> a person is a daemon or not is decided by the BEHAVIOR a person has...

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He put the mean(fish in tamil)on her, bad behaviour.

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demented

Short Definition : insane

Definition
(adj) affected with madness or insanity
Example Sentence
  • a man who had gone mad
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de + MENT + ed..focus on the bold letters ment(MENTAL).....SO A MENTAL PERSON IS AN INSANE PERSON.

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remember the DEMENTORS? in harry potter?? they are pretty INSANE...

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d(demaag .. brain) + mental( mai cement )

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de+mented...sounds like de+minted when ever i dont get mint i go insane

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he became the(de) mental(mented) guy

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demerit

Short Definition : fault; bad quality

Definition
(noun) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
Example Sentence
  • ten demerits and he loses his privileges
Definition
(noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
Synonyms : fault
Example Sentence
  • they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
  • he knew his own faults much better than she did
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DE(WITHOUT) + MERIT(MEANS GOOD)..SO SOMETHING which you donot consider of good quality.

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demise

Short Definition : death

Definition
(noun) the time when something ends
Synonyms : death dying
Example Sentence
  • it was the death of all his plans
  • a dying of old hopes
Definition
(verb) transfer by a lease or by a will
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de-mise, de-mice to terminate all those mice. Give them death.

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break it as: DAM & ICE when all the water of DAM froze to ICE, it led to the fishes' demise[DAM ICE]

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demise looks like dismiss that is death of a person

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Don’t keep promise doesn’t mean demise?

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demise.mise sounds like mouse.when a mouse moced into the(DE) cat area he will suffer DEATH.

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death of mise

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demographic

Short Definition : related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population

Definition
(noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) Definition
(adj) of or relating to demography
Example Sentence
  • demographic surveys
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Demos-People; Gk-graphikos- writing, drawing.

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demos- people and graphien-script or wirting It means some writing or statistics about the people.

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Demo(Information) + graphics >>> Information about something in graphical form eg: graphs, etc

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the(de)human(mo) graphy

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demolition

Short Definition : destruction; V. demolish

Definition
(noun) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Synonyms : destruction wipeout
Definition
(noun) the act of demolishing
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Compare with Politician..they are destroying our country

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demotic

Short Definition : of or pertaining to the people

Definition
(noun) a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
Synonyms : demotic script
Example Sentence
  • Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek
Definition
(noun) the modern Greek vernacular
Synonyms : romaic
Definition
(adj) of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use Definition
(adj) of or for the common people
Example Sentence
  • demotic entertainments
  • demotic speech
  • a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms
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demo means relating to people like in a democracy.

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in greek "DEMOS" means people....

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Demotic = Democratic always means People related things.

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sounds like "the motive" which people should have

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democratic by the people or of the people.

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demur

Short Definition : object (because of doubts, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday

Definition
(noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Synonyms : demurral demurrer
Definition
(verb) take exception to
Synonyms : except
Example Sentence
  • he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday
Definition
(verb) enter a demurrer
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sounds a little like Damn U R wrong!! I object!

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demur --> relate with hindi word "de mar" means "beat" and you beat someone if you object him/her.

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de- means "down", while mur means wall(mural), ie., to push against the wall, which could be a sign of "objection".

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Your demeanor is your behavior towards others but if you try too hard people might 'question' your intentions and sincerity

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The chances of me going out with you are very DIMMER as my parent will object it!

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Criminal to Lawyer: DE + MUR = OBJECTION DEga toh MURega

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The DEfying MURmur in the audience rose quickly into a audible demur against his suggestion.

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JA MUR (go to hell)

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remember Michael Douglas demurred to Demi Moore's advancements for Sex in d movie DISCLOSURE!!!

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hehehe

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de man ur wouldbe, she hesitate raise an objection

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girls will dream her wouldbe,hesitate raise an objection if we are not the one.

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JA MUR (go to hell)

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demu.pronounce it like abe+ murkh(insane) ye aisa nahi hai..means you are taking objection.

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demur-the words can be arranged to get murder and as we know a murderer always refuses and hesitates at first to tell that he has committed the crime

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dey murr in urdu/hindi, means dey (give to them) murr (turn away from or show your back to) to say you dissapprove

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