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From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.