mis rule

noun

bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.

disorder or lawlessness.

verb (used with object)

to misgovern.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English misreulen (v.), misreule (noun). See mis-¹, rule

Related forms

mis·rul·er, noun

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misrule (ˌmɪsˈruːl)

—vb
1.	(tr) to govern inefficiently or without humanity or justice

—n
2.	inefficient or inhumane government
3.	disorder

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misrule

1399, "bad government of a state;" see mis- (1) + rule. Meaning "disorderly conduct or living" is from c.1400, obsolete except in Lord of Misrule, one chosen to preside over Christmas games in a great house (1491).

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"The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and the victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed. Except in the sacred tests of democracy and in the incantations of the orators, we hardly take the trouble to pretend that the rule of the majority is not at bottom a rule of force."

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