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detractor
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The annulment was controversial; even some of Georgescu’s leftist detractors argued that the decision was anti-democratic.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026 -
From liberal to nationalist Beloved by many older and more rural Hungarians and reviled by detractors, Orbán has emerged as the country’s most consequential leader since its transition to democracy at the end of the Cold War.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Belittler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belittler. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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