MOBOCRACY

mobocracy, ochlocracy

(noun) a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mobocracy (countable and uncountable, plural mobocracies)

Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.

Synonyms

• ochlocracy

Source: Wiktionary


Mob*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.]

Definition: A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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