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- noun rare A
manipulator of amob whoholds sway by use ofinflammatory rhetoric , castingopprobrium , and by appeal to thelowest common denominator generally; anextreme and whollyunscrupulous demagogue ; one who practisesochlagogy .
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From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός (okhlagōgos), from ὄχλος (okhlos, "mob") + ἀγωγός (agōgos, "leading, guiding")
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