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Recent Examples of demagogic
On the other side, the Reverend Al Sharpton, a corpulent, demagogic presence, took up the victims’ cause, and was seen by some as a radical, and by almost everyone as an opportunist.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The dialect society voters who (literally) snapped their fingers in approval for woke would watch it get twisted by political commentators and a demagogic right-wing into what was tantamount to a slur.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
Milei’s libertarian economic program directly countered the Peronists’ statism, but his demagogic political style mirrors that of the old strongmen.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN President Donald Trump has spent a decade painting large swaths of the United States as a hellscape, dating back to his dark 2017 inaugural address and his demagogic 2016 campaign.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The dialect society voters who (literally) snapped their fingers in approval for woke would watch it get twisted by political commentators and a demagogic right-wing into what was tantamount to a slur.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
Milei’s libertarian economic program directly countered the Peronists’ statism, but his demagogic political style mirrors that of the old strongmen.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN President Donald Trump has spent a decade painting large swaths of the United States as a hellscape, dating back to his dark 2017 inaugural address and his demagogic 2016 campaign.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
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Pro-democracy advocate Lai, founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was convicted in December for collusion with foreign forces, endangering national security, and conspiracy to publish seditious materials.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Six members of the Oath Keepers, including Rhodes, were convicted on charges of seditious conspiracy following the attack.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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So for graduates walking into a treacherous student debt landscape, even a single round of loan forgiveness can help.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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And at the very center of Hell is Satan himself, the traitorous Archangel Lucifer, depicted as a monstrous creature with wings and three heads.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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Russell fabricates a lie with the rest of the villains, and the heroes believe it, despite a warning from one traitorous tribemate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the bloodthirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot.—
Ryan Brennan
April 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2026
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Set against the wave of democratization and cultural modernization that swept through South Korea in the early 1990s, the series centers on a middle-class family concealing a treasonous secret.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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