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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. rare

   "Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK."

Example

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"Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός (okhlagōgós), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading, guiding”).

Related phrases

holds swaylowest common denominator

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