Rabble rouser

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative. idiomatic

    "They proceed steadily from studies of human character and destiny, the proper business of the novelist, to mere outpourings of social and economic panaceas, the proper business of leader writers, chautauquas rabble-rousers and hedge politicians."

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"They proceed steadily from studies of human character and destiny, the proper business of the novelist, to mere outpourings of social and economic panaceas, the proper business of leader writers, chautauquas rabble-rousers and hedge politicians."