ochlagogue
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός (okhlagōgós), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading, guiding”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒkləɡɒɡ/
Noun edit
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, Owen Seaman, Punch, Punch Publications Ltd, page 310:
- Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK.