mobocracy

[mob-ok-ruh-see]

noun

plural

mobocracies 

1. political control by a mob.

2. the mob as a ruling class.

mobocracy

/ mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ, ˈmɒbəˌkræt /

noun

1. rule or domination by a mob

2. the mob that rules

Other Word Forms

• mobocrat noun
• mobocratic adjective
• mobocratical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mobocracy¹

First recorded in 1745–55; mob ¹ + -o- + -cracy

Example Sentences

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

Related Words

• anarchy 
• disarray 
• discord 
• disorder 
• lawlessness 
• pandemonium 
• tumult 
• turmoil