mobocratic
- a word derived from mobocracy.
Example Sentences
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At the Lyceum, Lincoln urged that the country’s growing mobocratic spirit be replaced by “cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason”; that “reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
His mobocratic movements, however, it is but just to say, were unknown to the Elder and his wife until after the onslaught had been made.
From The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar. by Allen, William G.
In spite of persecution both mobocratic and judicially sanctioned, in spite of assaults, drivings, and slaughter, the Church has developed with marvelous rapidity and strength since the day of its organization.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
Were they an ignorant rabble, with no higher motives than the gratification of a mobocratic spirit?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
The presence of slavery may be explained by—as it is the explanation of—the mobocratic violence which lately disgraced New York, and which still more recently disgraced the city of Boston.
From My Bondage and My Freedom by Douglass, Frederick
