mobocracy

[mob-ok-ruh-see]

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noun, plural mob·oc·ra·cies.

political control by a mob.
the mob as a ruling class.

Origin of mobocracy

First recorded in 1745–55; mob¹ + -o- + -cracy

Related formsmob·o·crat

[mob-uh-krat] /ˈmɒb əˌkræt/, nounmob·o·crat·ic, mob·o·crat·i·cal, adjective

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Related Words for mobocracy

turmoil, discord, tumult, disarray, pandemonium, lawlessness, disorder, anarchy, misrule, bedlam, muddle, unruliness, snarl, entropy, free-for-all, clutter, mix-up, disorganization, mobocracy, ataxia

Examples from the Web for mobocracy

Historical Examples of mobocracy

To that point Joseph and his brethren made their escape and enjoyed a brief respite from mobocracy.
Cowley's Talks on Doctrine
Matthias F. Cowley
What we need, to ward off mobocracy and safeguard a civilized form of government, is more of this sniffing.
In Defense of Women
H. L. Mencken
The Manchester merchants are often termed a millocracy, and words of a similar character are mobocracy and moneyocracy.
The Slang Dictionary
John Camden Hotten
Mobocracy had triumphed in Missouri, and there was no power in the government to call Missouri to an account for her wrong doing.
The Life of John Taylor
B. H. Roberts
I proceeded to Nauvoo—I gazed upon its ruins—the direful work of mobocracy.
Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow
Eliza R. Snow Smith

British Dictionary definitions for mobocracy

mobocracy

noun plural -cies

rule or domination by a mob
the mob that rules

Derived Formsmobocrat (ˈmɒbəˌkræt), nounmobocratic or mobocratical, adjective

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Word Origin and History for mobocracy

"mob rule," 1754, a hybrid from mob (n.) + -cracy. Related: Mobocrat; mobocratic.