单词 | rabble-rouse |
释义 | rabble-rousev. intransitive. To inflame the emotions of the populace or of a crowd, typically with the intention of inciting action or political change. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > act seditiously [verb (intransitive)] > rabble-rouse demagogue1656 rabble-rouse1864 demagoguize1889 1864 Dawson's Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Times 1 Feb. Pop can talk more, talk faster..rabble-rouse more. 1925 Social Forces 4 285/2 While Sam Adams was rabble-rousing in the sixties, Washington was earning as honest a living as any Tory and having fellowship with Lord Fairfax. 1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill i. 5 The rest of the mouth not moving, to be a spout for speech to rabble-rouse or to exhort—as urchins do in their word-battles. 1996 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 189/1 They're not really jokes. He kind of rabble-rouses. It's response-driven, not material-driven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1864 |
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