ochlagogue

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UK/ˈɒkləɡɒɡ/

noun

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.

OriginAncient Greek ὀχλαγωγός →
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Meanings

nounochlagogue (plural ochlagogues)

plural ochlagogues

  1. rareA 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.

    Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK.

    1931, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Punch Publications Ltd, page 310

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὀχλαγωγός
  2. Englishochlagogue

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cholagogue
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APA

ochlagogue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ochlagogue

MLA

“ochlagogue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ochlagogue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ochlagogue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ochlagogue.

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