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ochlocracy
[ ok-lok-ruh-see ]
noun
- government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
ochlocracy
/ ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ; ˈɒkləˌkræt; ˌɒkləˈkrætɪk /
noun
- rule by the mob; mobocracy
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Derived Forms
- ochlocrat, noun
- ochlocratic, adjective
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Other Words From
- och·lo·crat [ok, -l, uh, -krat], noun
- ochlo·cratic ochlo·crati·cal adjective
- ochlo·crati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ochlocracy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ochlocracy1
C16: via French, from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos mob + kratos power
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Example Sentences
You're going hand in hand with ochlocracy and anarchy, the arch enemy of all legislative order, all civilization and all humanity.
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Beggars attack the common right; the ochlocracy rises against demos.
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Then the mob of a capital city has overwhelmed the democracy in an ochlocracy.
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Ochlocracy, ok-lok′ra-si, n. mob-rule: government by the populace.
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