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Recent Examples of demagogic
Dave acts onstage, in service of artistic truth; Giles, on the stage of public life, peddles demagogic fictions.
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Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
When triggered, it short circuits the candidate’s strategic thinking and elicits demagogic and dehumanizing arguments.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
The feature-film debut of the Wachowski siblings, Bound proves that gender manipulation is an old demagogic strategy.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 July 2024
These were the kind of comments that Republicans of the past might have seen at Democratic conventions and viewed as demagogic.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
When triggered, it short circuits the candidate’s strategic thinking and elicits demagogic and dehumanizing arguments.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
The feature-film debut of the Wachowski siblings, Bound proves that gender manipulation is an old demagogic strategy.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 July 2024
These were the kind of comments that Republicans of the past might have seen at Democratic conventions and viewed as demagogic.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
Adjective
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After a jury found him and three other members of the right-wing militia guilty of seditious conspiracy, he was sentenced in June 2023 to serve four and a half years in prison.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In this febrile context, pretty much any political criticism could be deemed seditious, even if true, and writers and printers were regularly harassed, arrested, put on trial, and imprisoned (or even executed, as happened in 1693 and 1719 to the publishers of Jacobite tracts).—
Fara Dabhoiwala,
Harpers Magazine,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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In addition to some light-hearted banter between Thia and Dek, the trailer also gives viewers a look at the treacherous journey ahead of them.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Airplanes can be treacherous for people who use wheelchairs.—
Joseph Shapiro,
NPR,
17 July 2025
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Clarisse looks intimidating climbing out of a boat, as does Bushnell’s traitorous Luke, who wields a sharp-looking knife.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
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There's a delicious whodunit aspect to it, too, as the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes the operative's own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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On Truth Social, comments made calling Obama treasonous and deserving of either imprisonment or execution rose from three to 36, an 1,100 percent increase.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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That was considered treasonous, and he was sentenced to 10 years.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demagogic. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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