demagogic
adjective
dem·a·gog·ic
ˌde-mə-ˈgä-gik 
also -ˈgä-jik,
or -ˈgō-jik
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue : employing demagoguery
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Even aside from Trump’s own enthusiastic personal immorality and impiety, his political style — the pugnacious smear artist and demagogic braggart — was the antithesis of what evangelicals had sought before.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Published in 1993 but set in 2025, Octavia E. Butler’s prescient Parable of the Sower follows a young woman, Lauren, surviving in California during a time of societal collapse bought on by climate change, increased wealth inequality, and the rise of an opportunistic demagogic president.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
In his Broadway debut, George Clooney plays the broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, exposing the demagogic Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on air in 1954, during his Communist-hunting campaign of terror.
—New York Times, 1 May 2025
Both Medicaid and Medicare are fiscally unsustainable in their current forms, yet Democrats continue their demagogic attacks because scoring political points always trumps fiscal responsibility.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Published in 1993 but set in 2025, Octavia E. Butler’s prescient Parable of the Sower follows a young woman, Lauren, surviving in California during a time of societal collapse bought on by climate change, increased wealth inequality, and the rise of an opportunistic demagogic president.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
In his Broadway debut, George Clooney plays the broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, exposing the demagogic Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on air in 1954, during his Communist-hunting campaign of terror.
—New York Times, 1 May 2025
Both Medicaid and Medicare are fiscally unsustainable in their current forms, yet Democrats continue their demagogic attacks because scoring political points always trumps fiscal responsibility.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demagogic. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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