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单词 rabble-rouse
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rabble-rousev.

Brit. /ˈrablˌraʊz/, U.S. /ˈræbəlˌraʊz/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rabble n.1, rouse v.1
Etymology: < rabble n.1 + rouse v.1, after rabble-rousing adj. Compare earlier rabble-rouser n.
intransitive. To inflame the emotions of the populace or of a crowd, typically with the intention of inciting action or political change.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > act seditiously [verb (intransitive)] > rabble-rouse
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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).
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