ochlagogy
noun/ˈɒkləˌɡɒd͡ʒi/UK/ˈɑkləˌɡɑd͡ʒi/US
Etymology
From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.
Definitions
Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal…
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.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA