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
There is no oxygen in there for a regular tweeter who’d like to get some shine for a witty response to a demagogic figure.
From Slate ● May 7, 2023
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
As a Virginia planter, Washington might have sympathized with Madison and Jefferson, but he shared the Federalists' love of order and increasingly distrusted Republicans as demagogic and irresponsible.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Ten years ago this rhetorical remark would have been sneered at as demagogic.
From The "Goldfish" by Arthur Cheney Train
