demolater

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noun

an adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people

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Meanings

noundemolater (plural demolaters)

plural demolaters

  1. nonce wordrarean adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people

    The demolater does speak of "real people"; but he ends, in truth, with making a fetish of an ideal people accurately placed out of sight.

    1987, Giovanni Sartori, “2.2: The People in Mass Society”, in The Theory of Democracy Revisited, page 25

Origin

From demo- + -later.

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demolater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demolater

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“demolater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demolater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demolater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demolater.

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