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- noun rare
Manipulation of amob by use ofinflammatory rhetoric , castingopprobrium , and by appeal to thelowest common denominator generally;extreme and whollyunscrupulous demagogy ; the practice of anochlagogue .
Etymologies
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Ochl- ("mob-") (from Ancient Greek ὄχλος (okhlos, "mob")) + -agogy ("-leading, -leadership"), on the pattern of demagogy.
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