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rabble-rouser - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
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noun masses of people for political action by appealing to their emotions rather than their reason. A demagogue .
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noun
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Putting on a jacket was already a big step for Mr. Leung, who usually wears a Che Guevera T-shirt and is known as a rabble-rouser .
Taking Beijing to Hong Kong 2011
Some began to approach us because they recognized the rabble-rouser described in the newspapers.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
In short, I wish he would be more of a rabble-rouser .
Always the resentments directed at the wrong target 2009
In short, I wish he would be more of a rabble-rouser .
Lance Mannion: 2009
Vendola's idiom - part university professor, part rabble-rouser , part abstract poet - distinguishes him from the predictable rhetoric of Italian politicians.
Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist governor, becomes the unlikely rival to Italy's Berlusconi Jason Horowitz 2011
That means that the majority of people in my fine land might actually perceive its trans-Fox News right wing rabble-rouser rhetoric as reality.
More Fake News From UK Tabloids - NASA Watch 2009
Just like you coming on here and trying your damnedest to be a rabble-rouser amuses you.
Think Progress » After Whining About Being ‘Suppressed,’ Chamber Discloses It Spent $123 Million In Lobbying 2010
You can buttress a rabble-rouser at conferences and other events.
The Culture of Sharing: Why Releasing Copyright Will Be the Smartest Thing You Do | Write to Done 2009
Though he often exhibits dangerous, left-wing, rabble-rouser predilections; Mr. Herbert has neither the following nor the organizational skills necessary to form a cohesive and hostile, Rabble-Rousing Unit.
Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010
I find Krugman's journalism to be pretty disgraceful - to me he comes across as a power-seeking rabble-rouser , who is trading on his high professional reputation as an economist.
An Economist or a Public Intellectual?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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