rabble-rousing

Definitions

The act of stirring up the emotions or prejudices of a crowd, typically to incite disorder or rebellion.

Agitating or provoking a group of people, often through inflammatory speech or rhetoric.

Examples

The politician was accused of rabble-rousing to incite the crowd during the protest.

His constant rabble-rousing at town hall meetings made it difficult for the council to conduct any official business.

The newspaper editor refused to publish the article, fearing it was nothing more than dangerous rabble-rousing.

Synonyms

agitating inciting provocative inflammatory demagogic instigating subversive

Antonyms

pacifying soothing calming conciliatory appeasing stabilizing moderate