indicating a person or thing that leads or incites to action: pedagogue, demagogue
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-agogue,
- a combining form with the meaning "leader, bringer,'' of that named by the initial element, occurring in loanwords from Greek (demagogue;
pedagogue);
used also in medical terms that denote substances inducing the expulsion or secretion of that named by the initial element (cholagogue;
hemagogue).
- Greek -agōgos, -ē, -on, akin to ágein to lead, cognate with Latin agere to lead, drive, Old Norse aka to carry, convey
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'-agogue' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Great Synagogue
- agog
- anagoge
- andragogy
- cholagogue
- demagogue
- emmenagogue
- glucagon
- hydragogue
- hypallage
- hypnagogic
- mystagogue
- paragoge
- pedagogue
- sialagogue