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扇動 — meaning in English

sendō

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English meaning

  • agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  • demagogue noun A political leader who wins support by stirring up popular fears, resentments and prejudices rather than by reasoned argument.
  • incitement noun A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • sedition noun Speech or organized action that incites rebellion against a government or authority.
  • stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.

Senses

扇動 is used for these senses in English:

  • demagogue (pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
  • demagogy (uncountable) Rule by demagogue.
  • incitement A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • sedition Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
  • stir (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.

agitate — full definition

  1. verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  2. verb To shake or stir something with force.
  3. verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.

demagogue — full definition

  1. noun A political leader who wins support by stirring up popular fears, resentments and prejudices rather than by reasoned argument.
  2. verb To treat an issue in a deliberately inflammatory way in order to win support.

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