mobocracy
Americannoun
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rule or domination by a mob
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the mob that rules
Other Word Forms
- mobocrat noun
- mobocratic adjective
- mobocratical adjective
Etymology
Origin of mobocracy
Example Sentences
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The executive was quoted in the China Daily state publication in 2019 as fearing “mobocracy”.
From Reuters
And then he moved to replace democracy with mobocracy, gathering a throng in Washington and inciting it to march to the Capitol and sack it.
From Washington Post
He told a grand jury that America risked sinking into a “mobocracy, the worst form of all government.”
From Washington Post
President Trump and his supporters have painted the statue-topplers as a mobocracy that must be reined in.
From Washington Post
Then a slight man, decked out in a tapered black suit, lace up loafers and a wide brim hat, stepped up as mobocracy crept in with the evening.
From Los Angeles Times
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