ochlocracy

[ ok-lok-ruh-see ]

noun

1. government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.

ochlocracy

/ ˈɒkləˌkræt; ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ; ˌɒkləˈkrætɪk /

noun

1. rule by the mob; mobocracy

Derived Forms

• ochlocratic, adjective
• ochlocrat, noun

Other Words From

• och·lo·crat [ok, -l, uh, -krat], noun
• ochlo·cratic ochlo·crati·cal adjective
• ochlo·crati·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ochlocracy¹

1475–85; < Greek ochlokratía, equivalent to óchl ( os ) mob + -o- -o- + -kratia -cracy

Word History and Origins

Origin of ochlocracy¹

C16: via French, from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos mob + kratos power

Example Sentences

You're going hand in hand with ochlocracy and anarchy, the arch enemy of all legislative order, all civilization and all humanity.

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Beggars attack the common right; the ochlocracy rises against demos.

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Then the mob of a capital city has overwhelmed the democracy in an ochlocracy.

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Ochlocracy, ok-lok′ra-si, n. mob-rule: government by the populace.

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