ochlocracy
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rə noun
government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
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ochlocracy (ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -cies | |
| rule by the mob; mobocracy | |
| [C16: via French, from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos mob + kratos power] | |
| ochlocrat | |
| —n | |
| ochlocratic | |
| —adj | |
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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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Example sentences
But few want to allow voters to write them: that would be not so much democracy, they say, as ochlocracy-mob rule.
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