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Recent Examples of demagogic
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.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
One expendable named Mickey (Robert Pattinson) is part of a mission to colonize a distant planet, under the authority of a sleazily predatory and demagogic politician, Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
With a clear-eyed but not demagogic tone, stressing competition but not necessarily confrontation, and linking competition with China directly to the interests of Americans, Trump could rally the American public, civil society, academia, and the corporate sector behind the administration’s efforts.
—Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 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
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
One expendable named Mickey (Robert Pattinson) is part of a mission to colonize a distant planet, under the authority of a sleazily predatory and demagogic politician, Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
With a clear-eyed but not demagogic tone, stressing competition but not necessarily confrontation, and linking competition with China directly to the interests of Americans, Trump could rally the American public, civil society, academia, and the corporate sector behind the administration’s efforts.
—Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
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That was the extent of her involvement in the special counsel’s investigation, which led to more than 1,500 people being charged and most convicted of trespassing, vandalism, assault or seditious conspiracy.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rhodes had been convicted of seditious conspiracy after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but his sentence was commuted by Trump earlier this year.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Equipment and supplies were transported to and from the site using 4x4 vehicles in what were treacherous driving conditions, per the UWFRA.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Earlier, the company stressed that the rugged Oshkosh Defense Palletized Load System (PLS) M1075A1 excels in extreme conditions, efficiently distributing supplies and equipment in treacherous environments using demountable flat rack cargo beds or ISO containers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 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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During the latest protests in Indonesia, authorities confiscated banners and labeled them treasonous.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trump himself then pardoned the rioters, the treasonous criminals.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demagogic. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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