fomenter

noun

Definition of fomenternext
as in rebel
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent sent the fomenters of the rebellion to prison

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  1. rebel
  2. agitator
  3. insurgent
  4. promoter
  5. supporter
  6. proponent
  7. demagogue
  8. apostle
Noun
  • At the Court of Justice in Damascus, which was stormed by the rebels to free detainees, Judge Khitam Haddad, an aide to the justice minister in the outgoing government, said Sunday that judges were ready to resume work quickly.
    SARAH EL DEEB, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Israel, Iran race to cement relations with Syrian rebels The sudden fall this weekend of the Assad regime, long backed by Iran and allied with its proxy forces in the region, represented a welcome development for Netanyahu.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • Elphaba is radicalized into terrorism when her favorite college professor, the Goat and Animal rights agitator Doctor Dillamond, is assassinated by the government.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Days earlier, Spanish media reported that anti-Israel agitators would protest outside the stadium to target Israel’s soccer club and its fans.
    Scott McDonald, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of agitator
Noun
  • Initially a religious movement focused on promoting Yemen's Zaidi Shiite Muslim community, Ansar Allah grew into a powerful insurgent group that captured large swathes of northern territory, including Sanaa, between late 2014 and early 2015.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The country is now largely under the control of an insurgent group named Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Trump's pick for the head of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been a staunch promoter of anti-vaccination policies and has pushed for the end of fluoride in water supplies.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Yet the volume of the commentary about the Tyson fight, as well as the celebrities and public figures who chimed in, compelled the promoter to defend itself, an unusual step in the boxing world.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of promoter
Noun
  • But one big question many senators will likely ask is how Kennedy plans to turn around America's eating habits in a way that doesn't hurt U.S. farmers or heavily regulate agricultural businesses that are key political supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This happened right in front of the away supporters who cheered and Spence then whipped his arms up asking for more noise.
    Jay Harris, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of supporter
Noun
  • And, unlike financial commitments made at the UN climate conference, this decision would put rules in place that proponents say would be hard for the incoming Trump administration to undo.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the opponents, halting the project, but proponents petitioned the Supreme Court to review that decision.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of proponent
Noun
  • So when a demagogue like Trump speaks to her pain and promises to bring factories back, of course her heart leaps.
    Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • As a result, the very outcome the founders most feared, namely election of a demagogue by a gullible cult of true-believers, has been made possible because of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to avoid precisely that outcome.
    Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of demagogue
Noun
  • In the 1960s, Gordon Bunshaft, the high-modernist apostle of SOM, designed an austere wing and enclosed an open courtyard that got little use or affection during Buffalo’s long, hard winters.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of apostle
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