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Recent Examples of demagogic
These were the kind of comments that Republicans of the past might have seen at Democratic conventions and viewed as demagogic.
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
Adjective
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All five Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Capitol attack were in Squire’s original dataset.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Feb. 2025
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But these men remain felons convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to stop the peaceful transfer of power between former President Joe Biden and Trump.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Being a woman on this show has always been more treacherous than Miss Patricia’s one loop around the block in her Rolls-Royce.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Snowfall is expected to accumulate between 6 and 12 inches in eastern parts of the state, with Omaha and Lincoln experiencing treacherous conditions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The blame for this terrifying scenario, McCarthy declared, rested with traitorous federal employees, who had sold their country out and had to be purged from its service.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Doing this would officially make Peter a traitor, though Jacob is quick to reassure him that the memory of his treasonous father should have no bearing on his decision.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demagogic. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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