rabble rouser

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Someone or something that tends to inspiremobs; somethingcontroversialorprovocative.Synonym:demagogue1917,H. L. Mencken, “Joseph Conrad”, inA Book of Prefaces‎[1]:They proceed steadily from studies of human character and destiny, the proper business of the novelist, to mere outpourings of social and economic panaceas, the proper business of leader writers, chautauquasrabble-rousersand hedge politicians.2023February 12, Motoko Rich, Hikari Hida, “A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN:He often appears with Gen Xrabble-rouserslike Hiroyuki Nishimura, a celebrity entrepreneur and owner of 4chan, the online message board where some of the internet’s most toxic ideas bloom, and Takafumi Horie, a trash-talking entrepreneur who once went to prison for securities fraud.

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