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ochlagogy

UK/ˈɒkləˌɡɒd͡ʒi/US/ˈɑkləˌɡɑd͡ʒi/

ochlagogy noun: 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.

Noun

ochlagogy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) 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.
    • One can imagine what Epicurus would have thought of the ochlagogy of Herodes Atticus and his contemporaries, and the noisy demonstrations which it evoked.1962: Cecil John Ellington and A. G. Russell of the Classical Association (Great Britain), Greece and Rome, “Peripatos: The Athenian Philosophical Scene — II”, page 21 (The Clarendon Press)

Origin of ochlagogy

From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.

Words that rhyme with ochlagogy

Questions about ochlagogy

What does ochlagogy mean?
Ochlagogy means 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.
What part of speech is ochlagogy?
Ochlagogy is a noun.
How do you pronounce ochlagogy?
Ochlagogy is pronounced /ˈɒkləˌɡɒd͡ʒi/ (UK).

Words near ochlagogy in the dictionary

  1. Ochiltree County
  2. ochimy
  3. ochl-
  4. ochlagogue
  5. ochlagogues
  6. ochlagogy
  7. ochlarchy
  8. ochleses
  9. ochlesid
  10. ochlesids
  11. ochlesis

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