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)

1. (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.

Related terms

• demagogue
• ochlagogy
• ochlocrat
• pedagogue

Anagrams

• cholagogue