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ochlocracy

[ ok-lok-ruh-see ]

noun

  1. government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.


ochlocracy

/ ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ; ˈɒkləˌkræt; ˌɒkləˈkrætɪk /

noun

  1. rule by the mob; mobocracy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
  • ochlo·cratic ochlo·crati·cal adjective
  • ochlo·crati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ochlocracy1

1475–85; < Greek ochlokratía, equivalent to óchl ( os ) mob + -o- -o- + -kratia -cracy
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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.

Beggars attack the common right; the ochlocracy rises against demos.

Then the mob of a capital city has overwhelmed the democracy in an ochlocracy.

Ochlocracy, ok-lok′ra-si, n. mob-rule: government by the populace.

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