mobocracy

[ mob-ok-ruh-see ]

noun

, plural mob·oc·ra·cies.

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

Derived Forms

• mobocrat, noun
• ˌmoboˈcratic, adjective

Other Words From

• mob·o·crat [mob, -, uh, -krat], noun
• mobo·cratic mobo·crati·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mobocracy¹

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

Example Sentences

India’s main opposition Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge, however, accused the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party of “turning democracy and the rule of law into mobocracy.”

From Washington Times

India’s main opposition Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge, however, accused the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party of “turning democracy and the rule of law into mobocracy.”

From Seattle Times

In a sermon after Ms. Foster was expelled, King condemned reports that there was “peace” on the Tuscaloosa campus, calling it “peace that had been purchased at the price of allowing mobocracy to reign supreme over democracy.”

From Washington Post

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

Related Words

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