as in rebel
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent
rabble-rousers inciting hungry people in breadlines to demand social justice
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Recent Examples of rabble-rouser
Increasingly, Europe’s centrist figureheads are dropping their once-high-minded rhetoric on irregular migration, reaching instead for positions that were previously the preserve of the continent’s populist rabble-rousers.
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Techno—once the music of Black futurists in Detroit, then countercultural rabble-rousers in post-reunification Berlin—is today the stuff of TikTok memes and arguably more popular than ever before.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2024
As mayor, Baraka still talks like a rabble-rouser, at least some of the time.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
They’re not all necessarily designed as rabble-rousers, but a a lot of them are.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
But the storyline fits his own conversion from a rabble-rouser to a married man, and the song overall meets his standards.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
That honor falls to Irish rabble-rousers Kneecap (7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Concord Music Hall, 2047 N. Milwaukee Ave.; concordmusichall.com), stars of the recent comedic biopic of the same name.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2024
Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Techno—once the music of Black futurists in Detroit, then countercultural rabble-rousers in post-reunification Berlin—is today the stuff of TikTok memes and arguably more popular than ever before.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2024
As mayor, Baraka still talks like a rabble-rouser, at least some of the time.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
They’re not all necessarily designed as rabble-rousers, but a a lot of them are.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
But the storyline fits his own conversion from a rabble-rouser to a married man, and the song overall meets his standards.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
That honor falls to Irish rabble-rousers Kneecap (7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Concord Music Hall, 2047 N. Milwaukee Ave.; concordmusichall.com), stars of the recent comedic biopic of the same name.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabble-rouser
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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
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As Bashar al-Assad's government collapsed and Syrian rebels rose to power, Israel embarked on an extensive bombing campaign, purportedly aimed at disarming extremists who may rise to power during the unrest.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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House Republican leader, Newt Gingrich, led a rebellion against the package, and conservative firebrand Pat Buchanan challenged Bush in the 1992 primaries, weakening Bush's bid for a second term.Ron Elving, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
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By Brian Bennett December 5, 2024 12:08 PM EST Kash Patel wasn’t always a firebrand.Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Although he’s always been a divisive figure, the author is now seen less as a provocateur and more as an out-of-touch misogynist.The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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That’s exactly what Maurizio Cattelan, the artist and provocateur behind Comedian, intended.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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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
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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is one of Putin’s staunchest backers and a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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