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ochlocracy
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-see
]
Origin
och·loc·ra·cy
/
ɒkˈlɒk
rə
si
/
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[
ok-
lok
-r
uh
-see
]
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noun
government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
Origin:
1475–85;
<
Greek
ochlokratía,
equivalent to
óchl
(
os
) mob +
-o-
-o-
+
-kratia
-cracy
Related forms
och·lo·crat
/
ˈɒk
ləˌkræt
/
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[
ok
-l
uh
-krat
]
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,
noun
och·lo·crat·ic,
och·lo·crat·i·cal,
adjective
och·lo·crat·i·cal·ly,
adverb
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ochlocracy
(ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-cies
rule by the mob; mobocracy
[C16: via French, from Greek
okhlokratia,
from
okhlos
mob +
kratos
power]
ochlocrat
—
n
ochlocratic
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Main Entry:
ochlocracy
Part of Speech:
n
Definition:
See
mob rule
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Word Origin & History
ochlocracy
"government by the rabble," 1584, from Fr. ochlocratie (1568), from Gk. okhlokratia, from okhlos "mob" + kratos "rule, power, strength" (see
-cracy
).
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