demolater

Etymology

From demo- + -later.

demolater means an adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

Why this word is great

DEMOLATER — [Noun] An adherent of demolatry, especially one with an excessive, quasi-religious regard for the common people. From the combining form demo- (from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos), "people") and -later (from Ancient Greek -λάτρης (-látrēs), "worshipper"). Unlike a populist, who pragmatically courts the public for power, or a democrat, who advocates for a political system, a demolater is a devotee, an acolyte at the altar of the vox populi. It is the curator who hangs graffiti next to Rembrandt as an act of virtue, the intellectual who sanctifies every folk custom as profound wisdom, the sycophant who mistakes a crowd's roar for divine chant—a faith that mistakes the noise of the crowd for the voice of a god, and in so doing, empties both of meaning.

noun

an adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people“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.”