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mobocracy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ochlocracy |
| Type of | form of government, political system |
Examples of mobocracy
mobocracy
It further marks Venezuela's retrogression into a cheerless mobocracy in which egalitarian slogans mask strict authoritarian rule.
From the washingtontimes.com
The first movie, punctuating California's small-town sunniness with the thunder of deadpan mobocracy, became a cult classic.
From the time.com
However, his success seems to have gone to his head and his current efforts are more in the nature of working up mobocracy than working in a democracy.
From the guardian.co.uk
And, if you read the Federalist papers you'll find that the quite explicitly designed the Constitution to protect the rights of property against democracy, which they referred to as mobocracy.
From the economist.com
- A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
- Ochlocracy (Greek: u1F40u03C7u03BBu03BFu03BAu03C1u03B1u03C4u03AFu03B1, okhlokratu00EDa; Latin: ochlocratia) or mob rule is the rule of government by mob or a mass of people, or, the intimidation of legitimate authorities. As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" originally was derived in the 1680s.
- Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); ochlocracy
- (mobocratic) Of or pertaining to mobocracy
