ochlagogue

From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός (okhlagōgós), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading, guiding”)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒkləɡɒɡ/

ochlagogue (plural ochlagogues)

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.

• demagogue
• ochlagogy
• ochlocrat
• pedagogue

• cholagogue