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mobocracy
[ mob-ok-ruh-see ]
mobocracy
/ mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ; ˈmɒbəˌkræt /
noun
- rule or domination by a mob
- the mob that rules
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Derived Forms
- mobocrat, noun
- ˌmoboˈcratic, adjective
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Other Words From
- mob·o·crat [mob, -, uh, -krat], noun
- mobo·cratic mobo·crati·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mobocracy1
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Example Sentences
However, there were many gentlemen who were desirous of peace, and who tried to sooth and quell the spirit of mobocracy.
This looks a little too much like mobocracy, it foretells some evil intentions.
Sometime towards the last of the summer of 1833, they commenced their operations of mobocracy.
Already "mobocracy," "the faction," "sedition," were familiar terms among them.
We are just now in the throes of such a mobocracy,—and know how much one firm policeman can avail to calm a riot.
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