ochlagogue
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός (okhlagōgós), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading, guiding”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒkləɡɒɡ/
Noun
ochlagogue (plural ochlagogues)
- (rare) A manipulator of a mob who holds sway by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; an extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogue; one who practises ochlagogy.
- 1931: Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, and Owen Seaman, Punch, page 310 (Punch Publications Ltd.)
- Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK.
- 1931: Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, and Owen Seaman, Punch, page 310 (Punch Publications Ltd.)
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