mobocracy

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mobocracy

  • /mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/ UK

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From mob + -o- + -cracy.

noun mobocracies

  1. countable, uncountable Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force. That this ultrareactionary mobocracy was composed mainly of people with brown skins ought to have made no difference.

    Similar: ochlocracy

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noun rule of the mob

Españoloclocracia
한국어중우정치 jung'ujeongchi
日本語衆愚政治 shūguseiji
中文暴民 bàomín, 暴民统治
Françaisochlocratie
Italianooclocrazia
Ελληνικάοχλοκρατία ochlokratía
Tiếng Việtsự thống trị của quần chúng

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@misc{mobocracy_2026,
  title = {mobocracy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mobocracy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}