rabble-rousing

[ rab-uhl-rou-zing ]

/ ˈræb əlˌraʊ zɪŋ /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.

noun

an instance or the practice of stirring up the passions or prejudices of the public.

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Origin of rabble-rousing

First recorded in 1795–1805

He delivered rousing speeches time and again, to memorable effect.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece|Malcolm Jones|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because it is not the rousing King we expect, we are disappointed.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece|Malcolm Jones|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Online he was a guild leader, delivering rousing speeches to fellow gamers.
The U.S. Veteran and Wisconsin Boy Who Went to Fight ISIS in Syria|Jacob Siegel|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But you must have gotten a sense of the rousing response Max was met with in the gay community.
How 'The Mindy Project' Star Adam Pally Became Hollywood's Go-To 'Bro'|Kevin Fallon|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After “Who Gon Stop Me,” the two join each other onstage for a rousing rendition of “Otis,” the Otis Redding-sampling rap ballad.
Jay Z and Kanye West Deliver the Mother of All Performances at SXSW|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A touch of the spurs sent Nejdi with a mighty bound into the midst of the rabble who held the road.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Soult's corps arrived without cannon or baggage, a mere armed rabble, and Ney's men jeered at the disorganised battalions.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
And that, perhaps, they will by and by succeed in rousing the "stubborn enthusiasm of the people" against themselves?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It may be, as Barbour says, that Bruce used the occasion to deliver to his men another rousing address.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Sir Matthew Fleet's visit seemed like a turning-point with the May family, rousing and giving them revived hopes.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge