mobocracy

[ mob-ok-ruh-see ]

/ mɒbˈɒk rə si /

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noun, plural mob·oc·ra·cies.

political control by a mob.

the mob as a ruling class.

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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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Examples from the Web for mobocracy

Politics must be annexed to our government by such legal provisions, instead of being left to boss monopoly or mobocracy.
The Arena|Various
The Manchester merchants are often termed a millocracy, and words of a similar character are mobocracy and moneyocracy.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
This looks a little too much like mobocracy, it foretells some evil intentions.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3|Joseph Smith
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

These scenes of mobocracy continued to exist with unabated fury.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3|Joseph Smith

British Dictionary definitions for mobocracy

mobocracy

/ (mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ) /

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

mobocracy

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