demagogic
Example Sentences
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Oedipus sees himself as an answer to the demagogic manipulation that has wrought havoc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
To suggest any connection between the war in Vietnam and the condition of Black citizens at home, according to Life, was little more than "demagogic slander."
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021
The story of Coughlin, the demagogic radio priest who dominated American airwaves during the Great Depression, offers an intriguing analog-age precedent to the digital-age debates over the limits of free expression.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021
It’s alert to the ways in which demagogic leaders or movements can use propaganda, an older term that can be synonymous with disinformation.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
The demagogic Blease is said to have found much of his support in South Carolina in the factory villages.
From The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution by Thompson, Holland
