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English
Etymology
From demo- + -later.
Noun
demolater (plural demolaters)
- (rare, nonce word) an adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people
1987, Giovanni Sartori, “2.2: The People in Mass Society”, in The Theory of Democracy Revisited, page 25:The demolater does speak of "real people"; but he ends, in truth, with making a fetish of an ideal people accurately placed out of sight.
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