ochlagogy
Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by…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.
UK/ˈɒkləˌɡɒd͡ʒi/US/ˈɑkləˌɡɑd͡ʒi/
Meaning
1 senses(rare, uncountable)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.
Origin
From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.
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