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och⋅loc⋅ra⋅cy

  [ok-lok-ruh-see]
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–noun
government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
Origin:
1475–85; < Gk ochlokratía, equiv. to óchl(os) mob + -o- -o- + -kratia -cracy

Related forms:
och⋅lo⋅crat  [ok-luh-krat] , noun
och⋅lo⋅crat⋅ic, och⋅lo⋅crat⋅i⋅cal, adjective
och⋅lo⋅crat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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och·loc·ra·cy   (ŏk-lŏk'rə-sē)   
n.   pl. och·loc·ra·cies
Government by the masses; mob rule.

[French ochlocratie, from Greek okhlokratiā : okhlos, mob; see wegh- in Indo-European roots + -kratiā, -cracy.]
och'lo·crat' (ŏk'lə-krāt') n., och'lo·crat'ic, och'lo·crat'i·cal adj., och'lo·crat'i·cal·ly adv.
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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