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mob·oc·ra·cy

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–noun, plural -cies.

1.	political control by a mob.

2.	the mob as a ruling class.

[Origin: 1745–55; mob + -o- + -cracy

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—Related forms

mob·o·crat

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mob·o·crat·ic, mob·o·crat·i·cal, adjective

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mob·oc·ra·cy Audio Help (mŏb-ŏk'rə-sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mob·oc·ra·cies

Political control by a mob.
The mass of common people as the source of political control.

mob'o·crat (mŏb'ə-krāt') n., mob'o·crat'ic, mob'o·crat'i·cal adj.

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mobocracy
noun
a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

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Mobocracy

Mob*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.

It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. --Walpole.

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