Ochlagogy
//ˈɒkləˌɡɒd͡ʒi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue. rare, uncountable
"One can imagine what Epicurus would have thought of the ochlagogy of Herodes Atticus and his contemporaries, and the noisy demonstrations which it evoked."
Example
More examples"One can imagine what Epicurus would have thought of the ochlagogy of Herodes Atticus and his contemporaries, and the noisy demonstrations which it evoked."
Etymology
From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.
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