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Recent Examples of demagogic
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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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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But after the villainous Vecna opened up gates to a treacherous parallel universe called the Upside Down in Stranger Things’ fourth season, Hawkins was left in ruins.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Two of the astronauts will then transfer to the Starship HLS, which will carry them down to the moon’s south pole, a treacherous area pockmarked with steep craters.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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