Ochlagogue

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈɒkləɡɒɡ/

Origin

From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός, from ὄχλος (okhlos, "mob") + ἀγωγός (agōgos, "leading, guiding")

Full definition of ochlagogue

Noun

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, and Owen Seaman, Punch, page 310 (Punch Publications Ltd.)Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK.

Related terms

• demagogue
• ochlagogy
• ochlocrat
• pedagogue

Anagrams

• cholagogue