mobocracy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/ (UK)
Etymology
From mob + -o- + -cracy.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.
That this ultrareactionary mobocracy was composed mainly of people with brown skins ought to have made no difference.
2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2010, page 270:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mobocracies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (13)
cs ochlokracie (rule of the mob) · cmn 暴民 (rule of the mob) · ta கும்பலாட்சி (rule of the mob) · ja 衆愚政治 (rule of the mob) · it oclocrazia (rule of the mob) · ko 중우정치 (rule of the mob) · nl ochlocratie (rule of the mob) · cmn 暴民统治 (rule of the mob) · es oclocracia (rule of the mob) · cs lůzovláda (rule of the mob) · fr ochlocratie (rule of the mob) · el οχλοκρατία (rule of the mob) · vi sự thống trị của quần chúng (rule of the mob)